re: #80 EPR-radar
For the leaders of these exercises, I pretty much think the fear-mongering is a cynical ploy to try to get scapegoating more widely accepted.
FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). That is the coin being spent to put the RW base into an action mode. It is only by keeping them scared that “Somebody” or “Something” is going to destroy them can they bypass the rational thought process.