Canadas view of Missile Defence

Sam Or I · Post by **Sam Or I** » 2004-12-09 03:38pm

Too funny not to show.

Ma Deuce · Post by **Ma Deuce** » 2004-12-09 04:00pm

I wonder why everyone thinks the missile defence shield is the same thing as Reagan's Star Wars (which was to involve laser-armed killer satellites). This misconception is probably why Jack Leyton is so insistant on decrying it as "putting weapons in space"

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-12-09 04:00pm

That's one fucking huge nuclear warhead.

Ma Deuce · Post by **Ma Deuce** » 2004-12-09 04:04pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:That's one fucking huge nuclear warhead.

Not really: Remember folks, a 5 megaton warhead could level Alaska

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lazerus · Post by **lazerus** » 2004-12-09 04:15pm

Ma Deuce wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:That's one fucking huge nuclear warhead.
Not really: Remember folks, a 5 megaton warhead could level Alaska .

Alaska has.........what, 30 people? It's not that hard.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2004-12-09 04:33pm

Sea Skimmer wrote:That's one fucking huge nuclear warhead.

It's a PLANET POPPER! Run or the hills and save yourself, even if such a nuke would likely vaporise the whole of the Himalayas without trouble.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2004-12-09 06:41pm

Ma Deuce wrote:I wonder why everyone thinks the missile defence shield is the same thing as Reagan's Star Wars (which was to involve laser-armed killer satellites). This misconception is probably why Jack Leyton is so insistant on decrying it as "putting weapons in space"

Even Paul Martin responded to Bush bringing it up, as "we fundementally oppose putting weapons in space." Have our politicians even bothered to read the proposals? The least they could do is ask what the NORAD 2IC knows about it, he's always a Canadian.

Big Phil · Post by **Big Phil** » 2004-12-09 06:51pm

Ma Deuce wrote:
Sea Skimmer wrote:That's one fucking huge nuclear warhead.
Not really: Remember folks, a 5 megaton warhead could level Alaska .

How does a 5 megaton warhead level Alaska? A 5 megaton warhead may destroy the core of a major city, but it will leave structures in the suburbs standing (albeit irradiated and suffering from fallout).

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2004-12-09 07:19pm

SancheztheWhaler wrote:
How does a 5 megaton warhead level Alaska? A 5 megaton warhead may destroy the core of a major city, but it will leave structures in the suburbs standing (albeit irradiated and suffering from fallout).

He was being sarcastic, though you will encounter morons who think that's true. They also tend to think that all nuclear warheads are in the 25 megaton range or bigger.

Burak Gazan · Post by **Burak Gazan** » 2004-12-09 09:26pm

Hmm looks like Kirkland Lake/Quebec border region got plasted there

Cute cartoon though

Montcalm · Post by **Montcalm** » 2004-12-09 10:08pm

Burak Gazan wrote:Hmm looks like Kirkland Lake/Quebec border region got plasted there

Are you sure,i thought it was the Saguenay Lac St Jean region