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October 30th, 2003, 10:07 PM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
one from each country, destroyed at the same time. but how do you know when all are destroyed?
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October 31st, 2003, 12:13 AM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
Well then the US would end up with lots of extra nukes after everyone else destroyed their's...  |
October 31st, 2003, 12:20 AM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
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If I only could remember half the things I'd forgot, that would be a lot of stuff, I think - I don't know; I forgot!
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October 31st, 2003, 01:23 AM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
I'm sure ALL governments would keep a few hidden away incase of 'emergencies' and then we would still have the problem, only now it is a Cold War again.
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November 1st, 2003, 01:40 AM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
In a perfect world we would all get rid of our nuclear warheads in a verifilable way...Only to have nothing to destroy an oncoming asteroid a few months later!
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November 3rd, 2003, 10:13 PM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
This has nukes, france, and asteroids:
http://home.tiscali.nl/multicom/DaSchop/endofworld.swf
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November 3rd, 2003, 11:01 PM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
I don't any nation that has them getting rid of all its nuclear weapons, maybe a reduction in force, but not completely. As a strategic deterrant, nukes (and more specifically, MIRV tipped ICBMs and ballistic submarines) are too valuable to give up completely. Mind you, they are expensive to keep, so getting rid of a few would not be that big of an issue.
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November 3rd, 2003, 11:12 PM
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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
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Originally posted by Instar:
I don't any nation that has them getting rid of all its nuclear weapons, maybe a reduction in force, but not completely. As a strategic deterrant, nukes (and more specifically, MIRV tipped ICBMs and ballistic submarines) are too valuable to give up completely. Mind you, they are expensive to keep, so getting rid of a few would not be that big of an issue.
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There is one and very commendable example: South Africa. It had nukes ~20 yeras ago but voluntarily get rid of them. For that, I salute them and wish the best of luck against Australia next weekend ! 
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