World destruction

if a small country like north korea fired nukes at us the would probably be seen by Norad and shot down in some form or another (the airforse has a set of modified 747 with some kind of freakin think that like burn a hole in fuel hold of missilies) and seeing as we know the affect a nuke would have on the world and neighborring countries in general and would defeinatly have the support of our allies we would probably have over 1 million (including allies) troop in there with a week or 2 and that would probably take care of that wonderful section of the world.

Ha... 100 nukes? We have many thousands...
And the thing that scares us is nukes in the hands of someone who doesn't think rationally. A rational person will come to the same conclusion as you... An irrational one will just say "screw it" and fire away.

Yeah, I heard a quote once that was something like this: I don't fear the man who wants a thousand nuclear weapons. I fear the man who wants one.

The likely hood of any nuclear weapon actually hitting US soil is realitively small. On top of that not to many groups are dull enough to just outright attack us. What is more likely is something of domestic sorts or has anyone read the book "SUM OF ALL FEARS" that is the kind of situation that might happen. The US is currently trying to scale down its shear numbers of nuclear weapons after the cold war. Russia, er, um yeah. After the fall of the SovietUnion many things went missing and there is no telling how many unaccounted for weapons there currently are out there. On that note though you can also look at something like russia's nuclear subs. So many of them failed and sank of the coast of siberia in the pacific and arctic. Its not even funny how much nuclear waste there is. If you stood on the coast at night you could probably see a green glow eminating from the waters.

Also a nuclear war after one nuclear attack is a little unlikely. Why would the US (and NATO) ruin the earth with vast clouds of radiation? They may just launch attacks of other sorts to destroy the problem (if it were identifiable) If it were a country just blow it to hell with MOAB's or something.

You Wont See Me wrote: The United States has enough Nukes to blow the world up over 10 times.

That was back in the late 80's now its more like we have enough fire power to blow up the World 35-times.

Liquid3 wrote: War is always a possibility. One fanatic with enough money and away we go. Geroge W. Bush has enough money to get nukes if they become available. Russia has lots of weapons that are relatively unsecure after the fall of the Soviet Union. I think it's alot more likely to happen than most people want to admit. Our gov. is spending billions to try and secure all the russian weapons.

I'm guessing its all for defense.

It's crazy to think that it takes only one button to destroy
everything.

This is why humans are ruining the world.

Quick get under your desks...The thin wood and metal bars will protect us!!!

well, if you're interested in this kind of thing, read "alas, babylon" Its a really great book and it really shows what it would be like if nuclear war really did happen...at least nuclear war with russia...lets pray to god that never happens.  I'm totally against nuclear weaponry...but its sad because we can't dismantle cause if we do, then all those countries that have nukes and hate us won't be thinking twice before they hit the big red button if you know what i mean...

usafpilot07 wrote: for the record,(even though i doubt the government abides by it) after WWII we agreed with Japan that neither country could have more than I believe 3,600 nuclear weapons. And for those skeptics that think we have to rely on the 747 with the high-intensity laser, your wrong. About a year ago we finished the Patriot air-to-ground defense missle.  It hits Mach 6 and can intercept with a target across the Atlantic(or Pacific) Ocean. BTW, if anyone else has no life, we designed it while working with Israel.

LGM-118A Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missile

Speed: Approximately 15,000 miles per hour at burnout (Mach 20 at sea level)

Those missiles can't even catch this things smoke...