There are extensive bunker facilities that a conventional weapon can't take out. Like Cheyenne Mountain, Raven Rock Mountain Complex, Heng Shan Military Command Center, Mount Yamantau, and tunnels of the Moscow Subway.
If you are going to kill the US, Russian, Chinese or Taiwanese (to list four) command and control network and make sure the continuity of government goes with it, you'll need nukes.
Yes, thats my understanding too, with 5-200+ nuclear weapons a war is "winnable" so it might actually be fought.
When you get to 500 or more and have some which are survivable you get into the mutually assured destruction realm where a war with another large arsenal can't be won.
The US and Russians are the only two MAD class arsenals on the planet.
China (400 warheads), United Kingdom (225 warheads), and France (300 warheads) have large enough arsenals with ICBMs to make it hurt for the US/Russia to attack them (if the smaller powers nuclear weapons are survivable) but they can't destroy the US/Russian command, government or arsenals.
India (100 warheads), Pakistan (100 warheads) and Israel's (100-400) arsenals are tactical and only a threat to their neighbors in a battlefield sense.
North Korea's arsenal isn't completely weaponized yet and likely small (like South Africa's was), so will Iran's when they get a nuclear weapon going.
Thats the list of powers, so not a "lot" of countries have large nuclear arsenals.
Religion is the enemy right now, sea lanes, industrial production, communications/control and minerals are the long term things to worry about, for all of those nuclear weapons for deterrence are still "useful".
Religion isn't the threat, ideology is, be it pan-Islamic, Maoism, White Supremacy, etc
As I played more and more NCAA and Madden on Xbox 360 I've noticed how successful one can be at 4th down conversions in game and it's bothered me that they don't do it more. In my mind, if you can sim it, you can really do it.
Back in Super Nintendo, PS2 and Gamecube you could really exploit the computer, but now the games are getting alot better, I'd not be surprised if by 2020 the video game won't perfectly simulate the final score of the Super Bowl.
Was the US Revolution a coup attempt? Or the Texas War of Independence?
What is happening in Libya is a revolutionary civil war. The Libyan National Council controls roughly 3/4s of the coastal cities while the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya controls Tripoli and some of the interior. The rebels don't "claim a port city", they have controlled the second largest city in Libya for over a week and completely control the coastal border to Egypt.
And the first time NATO shoots down a Libyan airplane it's colonialism, the first time a civilian is killed when NATO missiles a Libyan SAM site, it's imperialism, as soon as it's announced that BP/Shell/Total/ENI get a contract to rebuild Libya's oil fields or Halliburton/Carlisle Group get a contract to build a road, it's oil fascism.
He was never charged with terrorism or anything to do with overthrowing the Government.
On August 10, 1995, McVeigh was indicted on 11 federal counts, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives and eight counts of first-degree murder.
Libya isn't an Arab country, its Berber, and the United States never spent any effort fighting wars in North Africa after 1943.
Yes the United States struck Libya in 1986 with bombs, had two dogfights and one naval fight in the 1980s, bit those were about terrorism and freedom of navigation sword rattling, not oil or strategic reasons.
There were just 8 years of "Impeach Bush" and millions of people not being arrested shows there are no consequences in the United States for comments that don't involve bodily harm to the President or Vice President.
And because it's Sub Saharan Africa, there'll be no talk of No Fly Zones, international intervention will come, if it ever came, through an neighbor invading them, like Ethiopia did to Somalia.
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There are extensive bunker facilities that a conventional weapon can't take out. Like Cheyenne Mountain, Raven Rock Mountain Complex, Heng Shan Military Command Center, Mount Yamantau, and tunnels of the Moscow Subway.
If you are going to kill the US, Russian, Chinese or Taiwanese (to list four) command and control network and make sure the continuity of government goes with it, you'll need nukes.
Yes, thats my understanding too, with 5-200+ nuclear weapons a war is "winnable" so it might actually be fought.
When you get to 500 or more and have some which are survivable you get into the mutually assured destruction realm where a war with another large arsenal can't be won.
The US and Russians are the only two MAD class arsenals on the planet.
China (400 warheads), United Kingdom (225 warheads), and France (300 warheads) have large enough arsenals with ICBMs to make it hurt for the US/Russia to attack them (if the smaller powers nuclear weapons are survivable) but they can't destroy the US/Russian command, government or arsenals.
India (100 warheads), Pakistan (100 warheads) and Israel's (100-400) arsenals are tactical and only a threat to their neighbors in a battlefield sense.
North Korea's arsenal isn't completely weaponized yet and likely small (like South Africa's was), so will Iran's when they get a nuclear weapon going.
Thats the list of powers, so not a "lot" of countries have large nuclear arsenals.
Religion is the enemy right now, sea lanes, industrial production, communications/control and minerals are the long term things to worry about, for all of those nuclear weapons for deterrence are still "useful".
Religion isn't the threat, ideology is, be it pan-Islamic, Maoism, White Supremacy, etc
And you don't understand that a computer can calculate all of that.
Coaches already do this, football teams spend dozens of hours a week looking at film of the team they are about to play.
As I played more and more NCAA and Madden on Xbox 360 I've noticed how successful one can be at 4th down conversions in game and it's bothered me that they don't do it more. In my mind, if you can sim it, you can really do it.
Back in Super Nintendo, PS2 and Gamecube you could really exploit the computer, but now the games are getting alot better, I'd not be surprised if by 2020 the video game won't perfectly simulate the final score of the Super Bowl.
They have downs in Canadian and American Football, American Football is played in Europe, Japan and Mexico.
Jeopardy has been internationalized since 1964 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_versions_of_Jeopardy!
And as many people watch the Super Bowl outside the US as watch in the US, so it's not that "US-biased".
The article goes on to say coaches will be needed for coaching, but computers are better at play calling.
Go shotgun, if they bunch up on the line to stop the run you can fling it out to the sides for a run or pass.
I never punt in video game football.
Mynocks
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mynock
Was the US Revolution a coup attempt? Or the Texas War of Independence?
What is happening in Libya is a revolutionary civil war. The Libyan National Council controls roughly 3/4s of the coastal cities while the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya controls Tripoli and some of the interior. The rebels don't "claim a port city", they have controlled the second largest city in Libya for over a week and completely control the coastal border to Egypt.
The United States never gave foreign aid to Gaddfi's government.
And the first time NATO shoots down a Libyan airplane it's colonialism, the first time a civilian is killed when NATO missiles a Libyan SAM site, it's imperialism, as soon as it's announced that BP/Shell/Total/ENI get a contract to rebuild Libya's oil fields or Halliburton/Carlisle Group get a contract to build a road, it's oil fascism.
He was never charged with terrorism or anything to do with overthrowing the Government.
On August 10, 1995, McVeigh was indicted on 11 federal counts, including conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, use of a weapon of mass destruction, destruction by explosives and eight counts of first-degree murder.
He never spent any time in Gitmo, he was put in a Federal Prison then executed.
Libya isn't an Arab country, its Berber, and the United States never spent any effort fighting wars in North Africa after 1943.
Yes the United States struck Libya in 1986 with bombs, had two dogfights and one naval fight in the 1980s, bit those were about terrorism and freedom of navigation sword rattling, not oil or strategic reasons.
Like Sagan's "illegal bombing of Iraq and I won't let you comment on it" from 1998?
But you are correct, non-technology news was rare before the 2000 election, unless it had to do with Columbine/Star Wars or the Matrix.
None of those posts have anything to do with social media.
Legality has nothing to do with Zimbabwe, Mugabe lost the election but remains in power because of the mob.
Before that, he effected "land reform" with the mob.
The poster said this can happen anywhere, the fact is it won't happen "anywhere", because in many places the mob doesn't rule.
There were just 8 years of "Impeach Bush" and millions of people not being arrested shows there are no consequences in the United States for comments that don't involve bodily harm to the President or Vice President.
If I post "Obama should be over thrown, lets have a protest over X Saturday", the Secret Service won't come, they won't arrest me.
If I live in Zimbabwe and post "Overthrow ZANU-PF, lets have a protest Saturday!" I'll be arrested or killed.
And because it's Sub Saharan Africa, there'll be no talk of No Fly Zones, international intervention will come, if it ever came, through an neighbor invading them, like Ethiopia did to Somalia.
In Zimbabwe the President has a private army of dissidents with whom he causes land and economic reforms.
Should there be a protest movement, they will be fighting in the streets against ZANU-PF and the ZNLWVA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZANU-PF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabwe_National_Liberation_War_Veterans_Association
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_reform_in_Zimbabwe
Yes, wings fold back when they hit something made of concrete and steel at 500+ mph
Metal weakens under exposure to high temperatures, aviation fuel burns, nearly all the contents of an office building burn and burn hot, etc.
Yes, except for the solitary confinement, same with Terry Childs.
But I'm not talking about the jail time, but the terms of the parole.