How many Nukes does the Federation have?

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2002-09-20 07:14pm

We know they have had nukes, but how many do they have now??

RayCav of ASVS · Post by **RayCav of ASVS** » 2002-09-20 07:16pm

Technically, phototorps are nukes.

Don't forget those warp cores too

Evil Jerk · Post by **Evil Jerk** » 2002-09-20 08:00pm

Do you mean actual nuclear weapons, or strategic weapons of any kind?
I don't remember it ever being said that the Federation has or ever had either.

Straha · Post by **Straha** » 2002-09-20 08:06pm

In the episode when they first saw the romulans they told about a long range nuclear war (i think it was nuclear, though I know they said long range)

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2002-09-20 08:45pm

Straha wrote:In the episode when they first saw the romulans they told about a long range nuclear war (i think it was nuclear, though I know they said long range)

That was a while ago in the Trek timeline. They may well have phased nuclear weapons out of the picture in favor of anti-matter weapons since then.

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2002-09-20 09:58pm

In "Balance Of Terror", atomic weaponry was described as "primitive" and the Warbird's commander himself refers to "old-style" nuclear warheads, which were used in that time only for self-destruct. The Federation can be said to have phased out plutonium/hydrogen-based nuclear weapons in favour of their antimatter-based photon torpedoes.

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How many Nukes does the Federation have?

How many Nukes does the Federation have?

Do we still have some of the old-style nuclear warheads?