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Do We Really Need Nuclear Weapons
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1. Why do we have them ?
2. Under what circumstances would we use them ?
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Baz from your Link, did you read it?
///The logic is to deter a nuclear attack on the UK because, even if the nation's conventional defence capabilities were destroyed, the silent submarine would still be able to launch a catastrophic retaliatory strike on the aggressor, a concept known as mutually assured destruction.///
No we don't need them - it's an expensive luxury that is effectively useless in 21st Century Global Conflicts. What exactly are we going to to with them against the jihadis? Take them out to sea one by one & fire them out of the tubes?
To answer your questions, Baz
1. We have them because no PM has the balls to scrap them - there is also a large element of willy waving involved - "my rocket is bigger than yours" playground stuff.
2. We can never use them - the Americans won't let us unless they have just fired theirs too - in which case ours are not worth a ha'pence of spit.
To answer your questions, Baz
1. We have them because no PM has the balls to scrap them - there is also a large element of willy waving involved - "my rocket is bigger than yours" playground stuff.
2. We can never use them - the Americans won't let us unless they have just fired theirs too - in which case ours are not worth a ha'pence of spit.
1) yes
2) if our way of life is threatened and an aggressor was overrunning us and conventional weapons could not stop them or if we were ourselves attacked by nukes or black mailed by a nuclear power.
basically you need them so you don't need them.
cue usual drivel from those who decry the above , "they did not deter Argentina" etc yada yada deliberating misunderstanding the reasons we need them.
2) if our way of life is threatened and an aggressor was overrunning us and conventional weapons could not stop them or if we were ourselves attacked by nukes or black mailed by a nuclear power.
basically you need them so you don't need them.
cue usual drivel from those who decry the above , "they did not deter Argentina" etc yada yada deliberating misunderstanding the reasons we need them.
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In my view, the amount spent on our nuclear deterrent is a national obscenity.
If Nato arranged for an umbrella protection system funded by each nation according to its resources, we could be protected for a fraction of the billions wasted every year.
The problem is - politicians often have vested financial interests in armaments, even oblique and discreet ones - so the status quo remains for the foreseeable.
If Nato arranged for an umbrella protection system funded by each nation according to its resources, we could be protected for a fraction of the billions wasted every year.
The problem is - politicians often have vested financial interests in armaments, even oblique and discreet ones - so the status quo remains for the foreseeable.
"In my view, the amount spent on our nuclear deterrent is a national obscenity. " - err no, they are dirt cheap compared to what we spend on WSS, now THAT's a national obscenity.
"If Nato arranged for an umbrella protection system funded by each nation according to its resources, we could be protected for a fraction of the billions wasted every year. " - not a bad idea Andy but the problem then is you'd get nuked before the meeting of the ents decides what what sandwiches they should have in the meeting. Death by administration!
"If Nato arranged for an umbrella protection system funded by each nation according to its resources, we could be protected for a fraction of the billions wasted every year. " - not a bad idea Andy but the problem then is you'd get nuked before the meeting of the ents decides what what sandwiches they should have in the meeting. Death by administration!
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