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Do you think anyone in the US would tolerate even 5 nuclear missiles going off inside the US?
Do you think anyone in the US would tolerate even 5 nuclear missiles going off inside the US?
SWAT teams are not analogous to the nuclear balance in the Cold War.
Whereas having a fairly small nuclear arsenal, particularly the first-strike invincibility of missile subs, does effectively create "MAD" in the Soviet-US instance.
How about if each side had 50 missiles? Or only 10? Also an effective deterrence? And how would those 100 or 50 or 10 nuclear warheads be distributed? Would they all be land-based in silos? Or carried by bombers? Or submarines?
I don't know the exact number of missiles you'd need, that'd be a calculation that would be created by each country based upon their values.
I suspect the Soviets would be value their people less, but still I'd doubt they'd be willing to allow even 1 missile to hit their country without responding with their full arsenal.
I can't imagine more then 50 being needed. 50 nuclear missiles could destroy every major American industrial center.
To create truly functional MAD you'd need to have the arsenal submarine based because subs can't effectively be countered, so there would never be a temptation for a first strike in an attempt to cripple the other sides retaliatory ability.
All of this isn't my opinion, it's a historical fact, it's what Henry Kissinger and the SALT treaties actually did, although not to the degree that I (and Kissinger) think it should be done.
It's a simple calculation:
The amount of nuclear missiles that can be considered legitimate for each side is whatever the amount other side considers a deterrent.
I love those wife swapping shows. Great entertainment, but not one I would say represents 'typical' anything. I mean really, have you ever met a family of pirates?
The way our current stockpiles were built, at least up to SALT, was both parties just built as many as possible, regardless of how many were actually needed.
Are the people in these videos stereotypical liberals?
It is a couple of clips from wifeswap or trading spouses that someone posted on youtube. PLease note that the poll is public.
YouTube - Stephen Fowler Wife Swap Highlights 1/2
YouTube - Stephen Fowler Wife Swap Highlights 2/2
I love those wife swapping shows. Great entertainment, but not one I would say represents 'typical' anything. I mean really, have you ever met a family of pirates?
I've only met families of swashbucklers.
I'm admitting that it isn't as simple as picking a number out of a hat, but, once you have some kind of estimation of what the amount needed for deterrence is, then you can calculate other factors- and a I guarantee no matter how conservative you are in your calculations it'll never be anywhere near what our current stockpile are.
The way our current stockpiles were built, at least up to SALT, was both parties just built as many as possible, regardless of how many were actually needed.
I mean what's the current US stockpile, like a few thousand? How could that many ever possibly be useful? It just couldn't, even a fraction of that would be enough to vaporize the entire Eastern Bloc.
Yes. But I also think the other couple was a conservative stereotype. Can't blame the guy for calling her a fat, dumb, redneck. She is.
Actually, she was really sweet at heart. The british guy was a jackass with no civility whatsoever.
I'm not saying that dumb rednecks can't be cool people. I have some friends that are dumb rednecks. Doesn't change the fact that they are in fact dumb rednecks.
But you don't sit there and demean them by referring to them as "Hey, dumb redneck".
I guess you just had to see the show. It wasn't that the british guy was liberal; he was just a stupid jackass.
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