Which country with nuclear weapons frightens you the most?

[Aro]

I would like to say USA, being a damn commie , but... Nah. Only if they were attacked (with nukes), I suppose... In fact, the recent Rumsfeld's war on Iraq showed an efficient way to make wars... without killing 40,000 or more. They don't need to use nukes. And the USA needs the conquered terrain in good shape, to make some money. (don't kill me, I'm just kidding!)
Russia, because the lack of control... Pakistan and India, cause those folks are too similar and hate one each other. And Israel, in case of a really serious threat.

[Q Classic]

any country with nuclear weapons terrifies me.

[flash9286]

none, im not a pussie like you all

[Aro]

Originally posted by flash9286
none, im not a pussie like you all

You're young, you have plenty of time to develop some fear...

[Kuciwalker]

Aro - I'm thinking about the same way you are. However, I don't think Israel is QUITE as much of a threat as you make it out to be.

[flash9286]

why would anybody drop a nuclear bomb on rural North carolina

[OneFootInTheGrave]

Clearly Pakistan... nuclear proliferation very likely, how can you believe a country whose intelligence agancy set Taliban up?

Who says it didn't already happen?

[TCO]

Originally posted by yago
USA

-Militaristic
-Exspansionist

By far the most dangerous

Russia

I don't fear their nuclear weapons, I fear the state of the nuclear plants

North-Korea, India, Pakistan

Very dangerous when mixed with American diplomats.

(American-diplomat, is that an oxymoron ?)

Maybe you should enter a defensive alignment with Russia. You could pay them with better nuke power technology. And they would use their weapons to protect you from the US. go back to the old East German model...

[Carver]

Pakistan has to be #1, simply because its the least stable nuke owning country, one coup and who knows what type of government they will have. Also, they've never ruled out a first use of nuclear weapons in a war with India. Although, because of Pakistan's nukes, India will probably never launch an attack designed to occupy Pakistan or change its regime.

Israel is #2 because they will use nukes if they are losing a conventional war. And another conventional war is still very likely given Israel's offensive posture which includes occupying other nations' land and conducting military strikes against other countries.

re: North Korea. They have to act a little irrational. It will never be rational for the North Koreans to use nukes in war, they would only partially damage the US or Japan but they would be wiped out. So if they don't feign a little irrationality and look like they really might use nukes they would have no deterrent. (p.s. I don't think they would ever use nukes against S Korean cities, those are their brothers after all)

[Aro]

Originally posted by skywalker
Aro - I'm thinking about the same way you are. However, I don't think Israel is QUITE as much of a threat as you make it out to be.

Only if Israel find itself in a really desperate position, I think. And I don't know if they will use nukes, not with the strong opposition to something like that, from the American Jews. (I know what I'm talking about - I'm a half Jew... )

[Aro]

Originally posted by yago
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North-Korea, India, Pakistan

Very dangerous when mixed with American diplomats.
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True, very true...

[Az]

shhhhhhhhhhhhh..... don't let him in on the world domination conspiracy!

I don't think that Israel will need to use nukes as a deterrant against a conventional attack for quite some time. Who's exactly going to threaten it?

[Aro]

At the moment, no one.

[Az]

precisely.

[Kuciwalker]

That's a good point.

[Spiffor]

Azazel :
It doesn't make your avatar any less sucky

[Az]

well, screw you lego-man!

[Kuciwalker]

rofl

[Aro]

Azazel, think about the worst scenario: Some Palestinian terrorist group buy a nuclear device from, say, a former Russian nuclear scientist (I know, it's more like a Hollywood movie... Unlikely, but possible ) and uses it in a terrorist attack in Israel. I really don't know how Israel would react.

Originally posted by Q Cubed
any country with nuclear weapons terrifies me.

Actually, I agree.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Aro
Azazel, think about the worst scenario: Some Palestinian terrorist group buy a nuclear device from, say, a former Russian nuclear scientist (I know, it's more like a Hollywood movie... Unlikely, but possible ) and uses it in a terrorist attack in Israel. I really don't know how Israel would react.



Actually, I agree.

There's one country that wouldn't scare me... I think.

CANADA!

[Aro]

Canada is too cold to scares anyone.

[Az]

I think they'd be rather stupid,considering the bomb blast would kill lots of palestinians as well... on second thought, that reminds me that they don't care.

This is really the stuff of nightmares. Israeli intelligence works days and nights to prevent such a thing from happening, and luckily, nukes don't just lie around. They demand a lot of care in handling, and can be detected through their radiation.

I suppose that if any arab country would attack Israel with nukes, the entire ME would turn into a dustball, not just that country. At least, that's what I hope the arab leaders think.

[Kuciwalker]

I hope they care.

[GePap]

Hmm, tough one?

Lets see: Brazil? Nah, they wpuld just have a big party around it?

Argentina? Arrogant bastards would think their nuke is too good to be used on lower lifeforms

Japan: would waste it on useless anti-giant monster bit

Eritrea: might use it on etthiopia (and vice versa), sadly, it wouldn;t change much.

Solomon Islands: their raft delivery system not very dangerous...

Turkeminstan? Local dictators would simply rename it the Trukenbashibomb and have a mural of him and it painted.


Of those that don;t yet have them, I think...well, no one really. I go with India and Pak.

[GePap]

Originally posted by Azazel
I think they'd be rather stupid,considering the bomb blast would kill lots of palestinians as well... on second thought, that reminds me that they don't care.

This is really the stuff of nightmares. Israeli intelligence works days and nights to prevent such a thing from happening, and luckily, nukes don't just lie around. They demand a lot of care in handling, and can be detected through their radiation.

I suppose that if any arab country would attack Israel with nukes, the entire ME would turn into a dustball, not just that country. At least, that's what I hope the arab leaders think.

Actually, nuking some city in the center of Israel, like Tel Aviv, would kill very few Arabs at all. Nukes are not that powerful people, don't exagerate their power.

[Az]

I have a question:

what do you think of Neutron Bombs? are they less or more moral that regular nukes?

[Kuciwalker]

They are completely immoral. At least nukes POTENTIALLY have a moral use (not much though), if you can use them in the field without hurting civilians. But neutron bombs' entire PURPOSE is to mass murder civilians.

[Az]

Actually, nuking some city in the center of Israel, like Tel Aviv, would kill very few Arabs at all. Nukes are not that powerful people, don't exagerate their power.

A good nuke has around 40 km in complete killing radius. and another 40 with 50% fatalities, IIRC. this would kill tens of thousands of Arabs in Jaffa and Lud, and will kill lots of Palestinians as well.

[Az]

They are completely immoral. At least nukes POTENTIALLY have a moral use (not much though), if you can use them in the field without hurting civilians. But neutron bombs' entire PURPOSE is to mass murder civilians.

you can use neutron bombs in the field too. point is void.

[Proteus_MST]

For me it´s also the USA and Russia.

The USA because their President hasn´t ruled out their use in warfare (and I don´t trust the current President of the USA very much).

Russia, because I fear that some of the weapons could get "lost" and reappear in the Hands of Terrorists (for example because one underpaid member of the russian military got bribed and sold them under hand).