Chapter 65 Oxygen Generation Equipment
Maybe many people have no concept of national contingency plans, feeling like when the country handles big disasters or unexpected events, there’s nothing special, just similar response measures, not like there’s any plan or arrangement.
But in fact, for most possible situations, small countries may indeed have no plans, but for major countries, their contingency plans for disasters and various unexpected events are far more than just one.
Many times, what you think is commonplace may very well be the preparation a country has made for certain events.
Take the familiar Federation as an example. The highest leader and commander of the three armed forces is their President, who not only holds the Federation’s highest power but also the most important nuclear launch codes.
Therefore, many people believe that as long as the President is eliminated, it would be enough to influence the entire Federation, leaving it leaderless, or if the President is kidnapped, the Federation would lose the ability to launch nuclear weapons.
However, in fact, according to the Federation’s laws, if the President dies or cannot perform his duties, the Vice President will take over. If the Vice President is also gone, then the Speaker of Congress will take over, and if the Speaker is also down, there are other government officials with succession rights behind them.
Even to an extreme point, if a biohazard or a nation-destroying disaster occurs, and the entire Federation collapses, as long as the government institution has not completely collapsed, and there are still people who can obey the Federation’s instructions, the most crucial thing is if there are military forces obeying the orders issued by the Federation government, even if several Presidents die, the Federation can still find someone who complies with the Federation’s legal stipulations to sit in that position, even if they have to elect one anew.
With this kind of backup mechanism just for a replaceable President, one can imagine how many preparations and contingency plans major countries truly have for disasters and various problems.