rightwinger
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Haha, I love the alarmist who think that we're:
A. Getting rid of our nukes unilaterally
B. Have no idea about nuclear bombs whatsoever.
The fact of the matter is, we still have the best and most capable delivery systems, as well as having a comprehensive, three point system. This means we have delivery systems on land, air and sea, so that we can withstand first strike capabilities.
In short, any hypothesis that the US wanted to take the world over through nuclear holocaust is absurd. WE could have done so with our technology decades ago, and could still do so now. There are only three nations with nukes powerful enough, already armed and ready to be delivered that could possibly survive a U.S. first strike well enough to respond. At least one of those is our ally, I'm not sure if China or France has better delivery systems, and if we were to get into a nuclear war with Russia this conversation would be void.
As for threatening RADICALS with rational, conventional logic and weaponry. Good luck with that. I mean, we destroyed two countries for ten years and they've gotten more empowered, I don't really think a nuke is required.
As someone accurately pointed out, must nuke aren't as destructive as everything you see on tv. For this purpose, if we wanted to kill civilians, we would keep the course we currently are. Conventional carpet bombing and other traditional tactics can cause just as much wanton destruction as a nuclear bomb.
The concept of nuclear proliferation was that for every nuke they had, you needed three. If the Soviets had a missile silo you wanted to target you could not count on a single strike to take it out. You would target from missiles, bombers and subs to increase your probability of a kill.
By the Russians and the US voluntarilly reducing the number of warheads you automatically reduce the number you need to retaliate or neutralize.
Arguing we need massive numbers of warheads to compete with terrorists is ridiculous. They are a nonplayer and we can ahihilate any target without resorting to nukes