tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post7468020707230735462..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46639364025438851232008-07-15T09:57:00.000-06:002008-07-15T09:57:00.000-06:00No countries should be allowed to make nuclear wea...No countries should be allowed to make nuclear weapons..if two conflicting nations are ready to press the nuclear button then the reactions,the nuclear winter and the like will happen as it happened in japan..that too for a developing country like India which is suffering from inflation does not need a nuclear weapon resourcesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444421676595973506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-7074524469253643262007-05-01T19:27:00.000-06:002007-05-01T19:27:00.000-06:00Actually, Khamenei is the current supreme religiou...Actually, Khamenei is the current supreme religious leader of Iran. <BR/><BR/>You're thinking of Ayatollah Khomeini, now dead, and someone to which Khamenei was a close advisor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-18642839721823724842007-05-01T15:41:00.000-06:002007-05-01T15:41:00.000-06:00As the General in charge of all US nuclear forces ...As the General in charge of all US nuclear forces put it in March, we'd hit them with a massive and highly accurate conventional strike. A few hundred tactical Tomahawk Cruise missiles with 1,000 lbs warheads followed by B1s, B2s and B52s with 500 lbs precision GPS guided bombs - against every military and political/governmental target in the country, along with key infrastructure; dams, power plants, fuel storage, ports, pipelines, bridges. At the end of the strikes - Minimal civilian casualties but a country with its military in tatters and its population (hungry and in the dark) pissed off at its leaders. We could easily cause the country to cease to exist without going the nuclear route.<BR/> <BR/>-----<BR/>Nuclear Weapons Rarely Needed, General Says<BR/> <BR/>The Washington Post <BR/> Walter Pincus, Staff Writer<BR/> Mar 10, 2007<BR/> <BR/>The head of U.S. Strategic Command has told Congress that precision conventional weapons have replaced the need for nuclear ones in almost all areas, except when a quick intercontinental strike is required against unexpected or fast-moving threats.<BR/><BR/>"While America possesses dominant conventional capabilities second to none, we lack the capability to respond promptly to globally dispersed or fleeting threats without resorting to nuclear weapons," Gen. James E. Cartwright, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), told the House Armed Services subcommittee on strategic forces on Thursday.<BR/><BR/>Cartwright said the Air Force is studying a conventional-strike missile launched from the United States that is maneuverable at global distances. But he said the near-term solution is "to deploy a precision global strike missile" using current ICBMs, two years after Congress approves funding.<BR/><BR/>------Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-42475002552754808342007-05-01T15:20:00.000-06:002007-05-01T15:20:00.000-06:00Khamenei's dead. None issue.Khamenei's dead. None issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-91973463375330117692007-05-01T13:56:00.000-06:002007-05-01T13:56:00.000-06:00And now comes the really big question for the 66%....And now comes the really big question for the 66%. Just how do you intend to enforce the prohibition against nuclear weapons? Ideas anyone? Maybe depend on the good will of Ayatollah Khamenei?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-31961713226791927892007-05-01T12:07:00.000-06:002007-05-01T12:07:00.000-06:00While I realize that public opinion doesn't matter...While I realize that public opinion doesn't matter on national defense issue, here's the only major data (from www.pollingreport.com) I could find ...<BR/><BR/>Associated Press/Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos-Public Affairs. March 21-23, 2005. N=1,000 adults nationwide. Margin of Error ± 3.1.<BR/><BR/>Which statement comes closest to your view?...<BR/> <BR/>No countries should be allowed to have nuclear weapons = 66%<BR/> <BR/>Only the United States and its allies should be allowed to have nuclear weapons = 13%<BR/> <BR/>Only countries that already have nuclear weapons should be allowed to have them = 11%<BR/> <BR/>Any country that is able to develop nuclear weapons should be allowed to have them = 5%<BR/> <BR/>Only the U.S. should be allowed to have nuclear weapons = 1%<BR/> <BR/>Unsure = 4%Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com