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U.S. Works Up Plans for Using Nuclear Arms
rjrjr writes: "The L.A. Times reports on the DoD's new stance on the use of nukes, including such comforting notions as nuclear bunker busters. What it all means is well explored in this cogent commentary."
Don't they know that nukes generate 8 squares of pollution, and make the entire world hate you?
Guess I've been playing too much CIV ][...
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On the otherhand I'd kind of like to see a 1 megaton burst from 30 miles away just once. Aside from being the last thing I'd ever see if I didn't wear goggles, it's probably spectacular.
Please don't think I'm a war mongerer. I don't mean we should use it on anyone. It's just that I'm part of a generation which grew up expecting a nuclear war. Imagine my surprise when we never had one. A little grotesque disapointment that I have to actually get a day job instead of wander the desert looking for canned dog food and gasoline.
And I bet you thought that Reganite Nihilism was a thing of the 80's. Well After reading the above I realize it's alive and well living inside my subconcious. Just waiting to rear it's ugly little head. Does this mean I get to do cocaine again?
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Hey,
I have to ask... what has North Korea and Russia been doing lately to deserve this?
And why isn't France on the list?...
(That was a joke, son.)
-M
"Goodness me, how unlike the FBI to abuse the trust of the American public." -- The Onion
France isn't on the list because of their fine wines and cuisine.
Yes, it's the wine and the food that has spared France.....this time.
The only situation I see the US nuking Canada is if we beat you Yanks at hockey again four years from now.....
The biggest threat Canada ever had of getting nuked was if an ICBM ran out of fuel on the way to Moscow.
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Under what circumstances would the USA nuke Canada? (Keeping in mind that Canada doesn't have nukes, or any other weapons of mass destruction.)
In case of terrorist acts, such as violating the DMCA.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
Contigency nuke plans for Canada?!?
Well, it always pays to cover your ass. In the 1920s, the Canadian government prepared a secret plan for invading the United States, should the need ever arise. Canadian army officers posing as tourists scouted out several cities for possible attack; the plan called for quick occupation of large cities close to the border, such as Seattle and Detroit, in the hope that they could be fortified before reinforcements arrived.
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the weapons that the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Russia and China have now are too big and thus unusable from a political point of view. A smaller weapon that is actually usable from a tactical standpoint would actually be more humane than many of the systems in use now.
So you mean that we're moving away from weapons that we could never possibly use, to weapons that we can?
*whew*
I know that I'm going to sleep better tonight.
Anyone want to get together and watch "Duck and Cover"?