Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

one from each country, destroyed at the same time. but how do you know when all are destroyed?

Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

Well then the US would end up with lots of extra nukes after everyone else destroyed their's... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

I'm sure ALL governments would keep a few hidden away incase of 'emergencies' and then we would still have the problem, only now it is a Cold War again.

Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

In a perfect world we would all get rid of our nuclear warheads in a verifilable way...Only to have nothing to destroy an oncoming asteroid a few months later!


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Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

This has nukes, france, and asteroids:

http://home.tiscali.nl/multicom/DaSchop/endofworld.swf

[ November 03, 2003, 20:14: Message edited by: spoon ]

Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

I don't any nation that has them getting rid of all its nuclear weapons, maybe a reduction in force, but not completely. As a strategic deterrant, nukes (and more specifically, MIRV tipped ICBMs and ballistic submarines) are too valuable to give up completely. Mind you, they are expensive to keep, so getting rid of a few would not be that big of an issue.

Re: France rethinks nuclear deterrent
 

<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">There is one and very commendable example: South Africa. It had nukes ~20 yeras ago but voluntarily get rid of them. For that, I salute them and wish the best of luck against Australia next weekend ! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif