Russia possesses weapons capable of wiping out any enemy, including US — Patrushev
It was stressed that the view held by US politicians that Russia won’t be able to retaliate against a US pre-emptive nuclear strike is a short-sighted and dangerous stance
I'm not worried about it, but during the cold war, Russia built bomb shelters and stocked them with potassium iodide. In schools in the US, we did a drill call "drop" where we dropped under our desk and placed our hands over our head. The running joke was, place your head between your legs and kiss your ass goodbye