rocketpig said:
stof said:
Sqrl said:
okr said:
^^ Thank you, stof. First reasonable post by a mod in this thread.
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Yes, how could I have missed it, the only reasonable conclusion is that the US is to blame. How dare we invent and implement technology to ensure our survival in the event that some psycho tries to nuke us. Its not at all creepy that Russia is worried about no longer being able to nuke the US. Clearly Russia is innocent, those poor poor people.
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Wow there sqrl, I didn't say it's the U.S.'s fault. Both countries are just looking out for their own security issues. As are countries like Iran and North Korea. If your largest potential enemy is the United States, of course your going to attempt to produce Nuclear weapons.
It just amazes me how the U.S isn't focusing more attention on Nuclear disarmament. They have far more to fear from old Russian Nukes being smuggled in to the states by terrorists than they do from these so called "rogue nations". They could dramatically reduce the chances of an attack on their or other soil, while simultaneously saving them billions of dollars if they made steps to reduce nuclear stockpiles both at home and abroad.
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Agreed, to a point. No one will get rid of nuclear weapons, but the less nukes floating around the former Soviet Bloc (or Russia itself), the better it is for the United States. Nations won't use nuclear weapons because they're a clear target. You can just nuke them back and turn them into a giant glass parking lot, negating any benefit gained by attacking the United States. A dictator may be crazy but his ultimate goal is to stay in power; annihilate his country and he has nothing left to rule. There's no upside.
It's those damned terrorists you have to worry about... They can strike and hope that no one will catch them. When it's nation vs. nation, that's simply impossible.
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I disagree somewhat... during Vietnam the US was really close to trying to nuke the crap out of everything russian and chinese. I'd almost gurantee the russians were really close to doing the same at some point.
Mutually assured destruction while prevents a lot of it... also leads to "Well if we nuke just about everything they have, REALLY fast we might just be ok."
Hence why missle defense systems are needed. Also, to the person who said it above. No the US would not Nuke Canada if Russia put nuclear defense missles there. That's just stupid.
