• Obama wants to cut US and Russian nukes by 'up to a third'
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/lhs7.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22962873[/url] [quote]US President Barack Obama has called for greater efforts to be made to reduce US and Russian nuclear arsenals. Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Berlin, he said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for reductions in the number of tactical warheads in Europe.[/quote]
I'm fairly sure even 2/3 of the current US and Russian nuclear arsenal would be enough to render a pretty large part of the world uninhabitable.
If you ask me we should just get rid of nukes in general.
[QUOTE=skullorz;41102854]If you ask me we should just get rid of nukes in general.[/QUOTE] Nukes are really fucking bad and they should never be used, I just think that in a regulated sense they should exist as a way to keep people in check through deterrence. The only real reason why war didnt break out during the 20th century was because of it, you know? Not really needed now anymore though I guess
How exactly do we get rid of them? Just blow them up in a desert or something?
[QUOTE=skullorz;41102854]If you ask me we should just get rid of nukes in general.[/QUOTE] not like they keep us from fighting old-school-bloody-as-hell ground wars or anything
[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;41102875]Nukes are really fucking bad and they should never be used, I just think that in a regulated sense they should exist as a way to keep people in check through deterrence. The only real reason why war didnt break out during the 20th century was because of it, you know? [/QUOTE] Yes but these days there are't two massive political alliances waiting to blow each other to hell for ideological differences. The only people crazy enough to use nukes won't let other nukes stop them.
why cant we all just get along
[QUOTE=DaysBefore;41102904]Yes but these days there are't two massive political alliances waiting to blow each other to hell for ideological differences. The only people crazy enough to use nukes won't let other nukes stop them.[/QUOTE] The point of nukes is to stop other wars. If the US and Russia hadn't had nukes then they'd both just have bombed and invaded each other in the 50s, and 60s, and 80s. Nuclear weapons exist as a means of deterring wars in general, not nuclear war specifically.
[QUOTE=cardfan212;41102890]How exactly do we get rid of them? Just blow them up in a desert or something?[/QUOTE] Shoot them into space, let the aliens know we mean business. Bam, Obama stopped any chance of an Alien Invasion.
[QUOTE=minilandstan;41103042]Shoot them into space, let the aliens know we mean business. Bam, Obama stopped any chance of an Alien Invasion.[/QUOTE] but it would be better seeing george bush pilot aircrafts shooting missiles into the mothership tho
Guys whether or not you believe this will be the right thing to prevent/pre-empt a huge nuclear war you have to remember that less warheads means less chances for accidents
[QUOTE=scout1;41103093]Guys whether or not you believe this will be the right thing to prevent/pre-empt a huge nuclear war you have to remember that less warheads means less chances for accidents[/QUOTE] Or less to go missing.
[QUOTE=Simplemac3;41102893]not like they keep us from fighting old-school-bloody-as-hell ground wars or anything[/QUOTE] I'd rather this happens than have the threat of nuclear annihilation looming overhead.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;41102950]If the US and Russia hadn't had nukes then they'd both just have bombed and invaded each other in the 50s, and 60s, and 80s.[/QUOTE] why?
Wouldn't an EMP pulse render a nuke unresponsive? Just throw every nuke we own into a nice big pile somewhere and EMP pulse them all at once before someone finds the pile and sets them all off.
[QUOTE=Magra55;41103383]Wouldn't an EMP pulse render a nuke unresponsive? Just throw every nuke we own into a nice big pile somewhere and EMP pulse them all at once before someone finds the pile and sets them all off.[/QUOTE] what
[QUOTE=Magra55;41103383]Wouldn't an EMP pulse render a nuke unresponsive? Just throw every nuke we own into a nice big pile somewhere and EMP pulse them all at once before someone finds the pile and sets them all off.[/QUOTE] What part of a nuclear reaction do you think uses electronics
[QUOTE=NoDachi;41103271]why?[/QUOTE] Political ideology clashes, fights over resources and proxies, does "the Cold War" ring any bells?
A hollow gesture... this will literally not change anything.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;41103577]Political ideology clashes, fights over resources and proxies, does "the Cold War" ring any bells?[/QUOTE] I was hoping you would have something a little more specific.
Why not disassemble all of them. No one wins with nukes No one
[QUOTE=Magra55;41103383]Wouldn't an EMP pulse render a nuke unresponsive? Just throw every nuke we own into a nice big pile somewhere and EMP pulse them all at once before someone finds the pile and sets them all off.[/QUOTE] they're designed to be protected from that [editline]19th June 2013[/editline] i would think
[QUOTE=cardfan212;41102890]How exactly do we get rid of them? Just blow them up in a desert or something?[/QUOTE] I'd pay to watch that shit.
[QUOTE=cardfan212;41102890]How exactly do we get rid of them? Just blow them up in a desert or something?[/QUOTE] Donate them to Israel
BREAKING NEWS: OBAMA BOUGHT BY CHINA, NUKE DEAL TO WEAKEN RUSSIA. CHINA DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA. [sp] totes [/sp]
Oh okay obama, getting rid of a hundred nukes still wont save the earth from nuclear annihilation when someone decides to nuke the other.
[QUOTE=cardfan212;41102890]How exactly do we get rid of them? Just blow them up in a desert or something?[/QUOTE] If I remember right, weapon enriched uranium is actually REALLY good fuel in a fission reactor, of course you have to make a reactor just for it, and change the shape of the charge because an orb of uranium ain't nothin' to fuck with. Or we could use it for a nuclear pulse engine for sending shit into space, in a nutshell it works with repeatedly firing nukes behind the rocket to propel it upwards, aka the orkiest way possible to get shit into space. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwrLR2kv5KA[/media] This guy explains it pretty well.
[QUOTE=scout1;41103493]What part of a nuclear reaction do you think uses electronics[/QUOTE] The remote triggering on the explosive that sets the reaction into motion.
so taking away our guns wasn't enough for president obongo, now he wants to get rid of our nukes as well! when will the madness stop
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