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U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
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Sea Skimmer
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This having been the US position since the Soviets got the bomb...
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Idiot Bush... Lets just all nuke Iraq to kingdom come, and leave nothing but a radioactive wasteland!-
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Re: U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
The standard position. Deployment of weapons of mass destruction against us must be met by the maximum retaliatory response. This position is the only way to truly attempt and prevent such a deployment.
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Re: U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
It however also assumes the threat is in a rational mindset. Something that is not always the case.The Duchess of Zeon wrote:The standard position. Deployment of weapons of mass destruction against us must be met by the maximum retaliatory response. This position is the only way to truly attempt and prevent such a deployment.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
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Wouldn't an airburst of a few nuclear weapons be enough to send them back into the 1700's for a few years? Then we can just say, "Surrender, or your cities are next."
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Re: U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
Methinks we three know too much now.Sea Skimmer wrote:It however also assumes the threat is in a rational mindset. Something that is not always the case.The Duchess of Zeon wrote:The standard position. Deployment of weapons of mass destruction against us must be met by the maximum retaliatory response. This position is the only way to truly attempt and prevent such a deployment.
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A lot of military equipment and a lot of civilian stuff as well is EMP shielded.Alferd Packer wrote:Wouldn't an airburst of a few nuclear weapons be enough to send them back into the 1700's for a few years? Then we can just say, "Surrender, or your cities are next."
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Re: U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
Ignorance is infinite, knowledge is not. You can never know too much.phongn wrote:Methinks we three know too much now.Sea Skimmer wrote:It however also assumes the threat is in a rational mindset. Something that is not always the case.The Duchess of Zeon wrote: The standard position. Deployment of weapons of mass destruction against us must be met by the maximum retaliatory response. This position is the only way to truly attempt and prevent such a deployment.
"This cult of special forces is as sensible as to form a Royal Corps of Tree Climbers and say that no soldier who does not wear its green hat with a bunch of oak leaves stuck in it should be expected to climb a tree"
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Most cars aren't. Police departments are think about using low-power EMPs to stop high-speed pursuits. You fry the alternator, starter solenoid, and bada bing, the car doesn't run and won't start until you change out the parts. I mean, if you can fry every electric starter in the country, that sends a pretty powerful message.Sea Skimmer wrote:A lot of military equipment and a lot of civilian stuff as well is EMP shielded.Alferd Packer wrote:Wouldn't an airburst of a few nuclear weapons be enough to send them back into the 1700's for a few years? Then we can just say, "Surrender, or your cities are next."
"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance--that principle is contempt prior to investigation." -Herbert Spencer
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." - Schiller, Die Jungfrau von Orleans, III vi.
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In the USA, yes. In Iraq it might not be noticed.Alferd Packer wrote: Most cars aren't. Police departments are think about using low-power EMPs to stop high-speed pursuits. You fry the alternator, starter solenoid, and bada bing, the car doesn't run and won't start until you change out the parts. I mean, if you can fry every electric starter in the country, that sends a pretty powerful message.
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In 1966 the Soviets find something on the dark side of the Moon. In 2104 they come back. -- Red Banner / White Star, a nBSG continuation story. Updated to Chapter 4.0 -- 14 January 2013.
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In the USA, yes. In Iraq it might not be noticed.Alferd Packer wrote: Most cars aren't. Police departments are think about using low-power EMPs to stop high-speed pursuits. You fry the alternator, starter solenoid, and bada bing, the car doesn't run and won't start until you change out the parts. I mean, if you can fry every electric starter in the country, that sends a pretty powerful message.
The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth. -- Wikipedia's No Original Research policy page.
In 1966 the Soviets find something on the dark side of the Moon. In 2104 they come back. -- Red Banner / White Star, a nBSG continuation story. Updated to Chapter 4.0 -- 14 January 2013.
In 1966 the Soviets find something on the dark side of the Moon. In 2104 they come back. -- Red Banner / White Star, a nBSG continuation story. Updated to Chapter 4.0 -- 14 January 2013.
Re: U.S. Sees Nuclear Deterrence Against WMD Attack
True. The question becomes, who is rational and who is not?Sea Skimmer wrote:Ignorance is infinite, knowledge is not. You can never know too much.phongn wrote:Methinks we three know too much now.Sea Skimmer wrote: It however also assumes the threat is in a rational mindset. Something that is not always the case.
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One for one exchange against a millitary unit is one thing, but genocide against unarmed civvies is quite another.Alferd Packer wrote:Wouldn't an airburst of a few nuclear weapons be enough to send them back into the 1700's for a few years? Then we can just say, "Surrender, or your cities are next."
Besides, I think that Saddam only wants WMD's for regional objectives. I get the feeling, from his efforts over the lst 12 years, that he would not try to challenge the US over WMD's because he knows that he cannot deter US action against him. Watch him do as he has always done over the last 10 years, squirm and twist out of direct confrontaion in the feild with the US et al.
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