Living rather close to Colorado Springs and in a major city one of my plains is if things look like a nuclear threat might come is to get me and my family away from mass population Before one is likely to hit. While my car will still run, while I can still communicate with cell phones.

EMP Bomb- https://youtu.be/vn6OVLK0MBI

I think governments always downplay realistic threats from other governments to keep the sheep calm. China, Russia, North Korea ... ? The same people that feed people AKs could set them up with a bomb if they wanted. Wars and bad things happen in bad economic times.