Nobody said they were anything close to a match for a major western military power. But if Shep is out to dismiss the notion of another Muslim nation getting nukes by pointing out that Pakistan stumbled on its way to getting them, that hardly disproves the proposition.Sea Skimmer wrote:*Scans for advanced weapons programs in Muslim nations, finds knock offs of knock offs of knock offs of V-2's and Pakistan's nuclear program*Darth Wong wrote:He's obviously trying to argue that all Muslims are idiots, so Muslim-dominated nations will never develop credible arms programs, hence we don't have to worry.
Impressive record they've got behind them..
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In terms of producing military technology Pakistan near the top of the Muslim world. Really only Iran is ahead of them, and its been pursing nuclear arms since the 1970's.Darth Wong wrote: Nobody said they were anything close to a match for a major western military power. But if Shep is out to dismiss the notion of another Muslim nation getting nukes by pointing out that Pakistan stumbled on its way to getting them, that hardly disproves the proposition.
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— Field Marshal William Slim 1956