Washington (CNN) -- Never fear the night of the living dead -- the Pentagon has got you covered.
From responses to natural
disasters to a catastrophic attack on the homeland, the U.S. military
has a plan of action ready to go if either incident occurs.
It has also devised an
elaborate plan should a zombie apocalypse befall the country, according
to a Defense Department document obtained by CNN.
In an unclassified
document titled "CONOP 8888," officials from U.S. Strategic Command used
the specter of a planet-wide attack by the walking dead as a training
template for how to plan for real-life, large-scale operations,
emergencies and catastrophes.
And the Pentagon says there's a reasonable explanation.
"The document is
identified as a training tool used in an in-house training exercise
where students learn about the basic concepts of military plans and
order development through a fictional training scenario," Navy Capt.
Pamela Kunze, a spokeswoman for U.S. Strategic Command, told CNN. "This
document is not a U.S. Strategic Command plan."
Nevertheless, the
preparation and thoroughness exhibited by the Pentagon for how to
prepare for a scenario in which Americans are about to be overrun by
flesh-eating invaders is quite impressive.
A wide variety of
different zombies, each brandishing their own lethal threats, are
possible to confront and should be planned for, according to the
document.
