Indeed, China is mostly a regional nuclear power. But we're talking long term here, and China is very aggressively modernising their military including their nuclear arsenal (which is estimated as about 100-200 warheads
"Very aggressively modernising"... ? hehe:-) Would you characterize the US modernization of its stockpile as aggressive too? I mean, since china hold about 200 nuclear devices opposed to the US stockpile of 10,656 the US must be VERY aggressive (following your own, rather strange, logic)
"The article you linked to is by a organisation that has on it's agenda nuclear disarmament, which makes their estimates of Chinese nuclear forces about as reliable as Greenpeace's estimates of the effects of pollution"
You can't afford to be more specific, can you? What in more concrete words is so unreliable in this article you say?
(look how small China's nuclear forces are, the U.S. should start scrapping nukes immediately)
Do you really think that this [US] country can't afford to reduce its nuclear arsenal? Are you serious?
Also, a nuclear deterrent isn't always used against nuclear weapons, it works as a deterrent against a conventional invasion as well
What makes you think that? What kind of sane politician would use WMDs against another country if it invaded someone with conventional forces? Did your enormous nuclear arsenal scare Saddams armies off from Kuwait in '91? No. Did you use nukes agains saddam? No. Would you use nukes against saddam if he invaded, for instance Saudi Arabia too? Hardly.
so the size of Chinese nuclear forces ultimately doesn't matter at all.
I asked what kind of nation poses a direct threat to the US with equal capacity in nuclear arms. You answered china. Guess what? You were wrong.
Based upon credible assessments from This article china has 18 unfueled ICBMS and a few nuclear submarines (which can launch one warhead each) at its disposal capable of delivering a relatively small number of nuclear bombs against the us. Compared to Russia, Many EU nations, the all powerfull US, china is a weak nuclear power.
With terrorists being the nr 1 threat against the US as a nation, isnt it counterproductive to renew such a large stockpile of WMD's? What kind of nation poses a direct threat to the US with equal capacity in nuclear arms? Woudnt this country serve itself and the world community if it REDUCED its nuclear stockpile?
"Alzheimer's disease will overwhelm the nation's Medicare system in less than 25 years unless scientists find a way to prevent or cure it." [Tulsaworld.com]
The article also states that more than a third of current Medicare expenditures are related to Alzheimer's and that figure will grow quickly as the U.S. population ages. Now if those figures are true its about time they (the men in white coats) found a cure for this disease. It is also remarkably (as well as suspiciously) timely. Guess they knew this was coming
Ok, but if you read my post im talking about prior experiences made with the same oil company which is providing free access to the internet in your country now. What im saying is that they might not do that in the future if this gets popular and/or the costs of maintaining this service exceeds the cost budget becouse of this.
We are not talking about state subsided internet access here, but private companies offering this as a gesture. Maybe temporarily, maybe not. All i say is that its a good thing to question the motives of people bent on making money from others.
Companies like statoil (which is a norwegian state owned company) might release this service as free in a certain "test" period. But i doubt they wont charge people for this if wi-fi really takes off. Statoil did this in norway too. You coud access free wifi hotspots, but after a couple of months you had to pay for it. (About a dollar pr. mb transferred).
Though Estonia and Norway are two different countries (here, gas makes only for 13% of gas stations income profits. The biggest is actualy sousages and soda)... but as i said. Im skeptical.
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Indeed, China is mostly a regional nuclear power. But we're talking long term here, and China is very aggressively modernising their military including their nuclear arsenal (which is estimated as about 100-200 warheads
... ? hehe :-) Would you characterize the US modernization of its stockpile as aggressive too? I mean, since china hold about 200 nuclear devices opposed to the US stockpile of 10,656 the US must be VERY aggressive (following your own, rather strange, logic)
"Very aggressively modernising"
"The article you linked to is by a organisation that has on it's agenda nuclear disarmament, which makes their estimates of Chinese nuclear forces about as reliable as Greenpeace's estimates of the effects of pollution"
You can't afford to be more specific, can you? What in more concrete words is so unreliable in this article you say?
(look how small China's nuclear forces are, the U.S. should start scrapping nukes immediately)
Do you really think that this [US] country can't afford to reduce its nuclear arsenal? Are you serious?
Also, a nuclear deterrent isn't always used against nuclear weapons, it works as a deterrent against a conventional invasion as well
What makes you think that? What kind of sane politician would use WMDs against another country if it invaded someone with conventional forces? Did your enormous nuclear arsenal scare Saddams armies off from Kuwait in '91? No. Did you use nukes agains saddam? No. Would you use nukes against saddam if he invaded, for instance Saudi Arabia too? Hardly.
so the size of Chinese nuclear forces ultimately doesn't matter at all.
I asked what kind of nation poses a direct threat to the US with equal capacity in nuclear arms. You answered china. Guess what? You were wrong.
Based upon credible assessments from This article china has 18 unfueled ICBMS and a few nuclear submarines (which can launch one warhead each) at its disposal capable of delivering a relatively small number of nuclear bombs against the us. Compared to Russia, Many EU nations, the all powerfull US, china is a weak nuclear power.
With terrorists being the nr 1 threat against the US as a nation, isnt it counterproductive to renew such a large stockpile of WMD's? What kind of nation poses a direct threat to the US with equal capacity in nuclear arms? Woudnt this country serve itself and the world community if it REDUCED its nuclear stockpile?
"Alzheimer's disease will overwhelm the nation's Medicare system in less than 25 years unless scientists find a way to prevent or cure it." [Tulsaworld.com] The article also states that more than a third of current Medicare expenditures are related to Alzheimer's and that figure will grow quickly as the U.S. population ages. Now if those figures are true its about time they (the men in white coats) found a cure for this disease. It is also remarkably (as well as suspiciously) timely. Guess they knew this was coming
I dont think speed is overrated. Ppl's Patience perhaps? :) But seriously, waiting no more than about 45 mins for 9gb to burn isnt that much.
Ok, but if you read my post im talking about prior experiences made with the same oil company which is providing free access to the internet in your country now. What im saying is that they might not do that in the future if this gets popular and/or the costs of maintaining this service exceeds the cost budget becouse of this. We are not talking about state subsided internet access here, but private companies offering this as a gesture. Maybe temporarily, maybe not. All i say is that its a good thing to question the motives of people bent on making money from others.
Companies like statoil (which is a norwegian state owned company) might release this service as free in a certain "test" period. But i doubt they wont charge people for this if wi-fi really takes off. Statoil did this in norway too. You coud access free wifi hotspots, but after a couple of months you had to pay for it. (About a dollar pr. mb transferred). Though Estonia and Norway are two different countries (here, gas makes only for 13% of gas stations income profits. The biggest is actualy sousages and soda)... but as i said. Im skeptical.