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Idiot Bush... Lets just all nuke Iraq to kingdom come, and leave nothing but a radioactive wasteland!How is this idiotic, or specifically pertaining to Bush? Like Sea Skimmer says, this has been the US position for a long time. This isn't changing anything.Exonerate 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.
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.
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.
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."
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.
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."
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.
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.
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.
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."