It's coming soon to your city.
Fire.
Destruction.
Chaos.
And death.
You love to see it in the movies.
But are you prepared to see
everything you love turned to ashes?
Godzilla is a dinosaur-like monster
from Japan,
where it is known as Gojira.
That's a word combining gorilla and whale.
The giant monster is the result
of nuclear weapons thrown in the ocean.
It can grow up to 150 m (500 ft) tall,
and it has atomic breath
that can melt steel
with a powerful beam of blue fire.
No wonder they call it
The King of the Monsters.
By now, you know your chances
of surviving alone are pretty slim,
but if the whole city works together,
you might be able to
take this monster down.
If you're in Oklahoma,
Mexico City,
Prague
or Moscow,
don't panic,
because inner cities would be harder
for Godzilla to reach.
But if you're at the coast
when Godzilla strikes,
your chances of being attacked
are higher.
So how could a whole town
survive this devastating attack?
Just before arriving at the coast,
this giant beast will cause a tsunami.
If people don’t evacuate fast,
the water will likely kill them
or at least injure them.
The protocol from the
Mass Evacuation in Natural Disasters
from the Camp Coordination
and Camp Management in Switzerland,
dictates that state officials will coordinate
the evacuation.
People who are unable to leave
will be taken to a spontaneous
sanctuary site.
That's what they did
when Hurricane Katrina hit.
In the meantime,
the government would meet
in an underground bunker
and agree on its humanitarian response
and military tactics.
The UN would organize emergency relief
that includes shelter and food.
The military would set up a perimeter
around the city,
prepared with tanks and firepower
against a possible attack,
giving citizens extra time to escape.
The International Atomic Energy Agency
would suggest shutting down
every nuclear power station
to lower the risk of a nuclear emergency.
Atomic energy is what
created this monster.
So a nuclear bomb would not hurt it,
and it could feed Godzilla
and make it stronger.
But humans would be harmed by radiation
and end up with an uninhabitable city.
Aerial assaults would launch
into action first.
B-52s,
F-15s
and F-22s
would all be flying around Godzilla
like mosquitoes
while trying not to get hit
by the monster's killing breath.
Air Force strike teams
carry conventional munitions
that probably wouldn't kill the monster.
But the white phosphorus
and unguided rockets
could blind its eyes if they are organic.
Once Godzilla was blind,
the military could use B-2 stealth bombers
loaded with
Massive Ordnance Penetrators.
These are 13,607 kg (30,000 lb)
precision-guided munitions
designed to cut through solid rock.
But if the impact angle is not correct,
the bombs could deflect off the monster.
If the air assaults are ineffective,
ground soldiers would be instructed
to release heavy fire
with missile carrier launchers
and surface-to-air missiles.
At this point,
anything could be used in the fight,
even technology that's still
in development.
That could include the
Dynetics-Lockheed Martin 100-kilowatt
High Energy Laser Medium-
Tactical Vehicles fleet.
Or, as we like to call it,
a bunch of trucks with lasers
on top of them.
In 2019, the companies won a contract
to develop and test
higher energy laser weapons.
And it seems the time to test them
is right now.
This powerful beam would kill Godzilla
or hurt it so much
that it would sink back into the ocean.
If we didn't kill Godzilla,
we'd need to draw up a plan
to protect the coasts
if Godzilla attacks us again.
And even if we kill Godzilla,
there could be more giant monsters
or "Kaijus" arriving in the future.
Including the son of Godzilla
or whatever the heck this is.
And governments would have
to keep in mind
that Godzilla is the direct consequence
of human warfare,
and make sure that
a new attack against it
won't spawn more monsters.
The good news is that
this giant lizard is completely fictional,
so you'll never have to worry about it.
But the bad news is
that there are very real lizards
on our planet
who can be just as scary.
They may not have atomic breath,
but they do have shark-like teeth
that are full of venom.
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