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Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb
Aug 3, 2016 15:24:06 #
http://www.rt.com/news/354463-nuclear-weapon-russia-usa/
Just happened to remind me of "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb".
My comment on RT was: (Under the name "KiraSeer2016"--my name in Russian, and also the name of the protagonist in "We, the Living.")
"Really, Vlad. Are you saying that instead of killing 300 million people, this "less powerful nuke" only kills 100 million. That's comforting."
I thought of the war room scene in Dr Strangelove. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuP6KbIsNK4
Just happened to remind me of "Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb".
My comment on RT was: (Under the name "KiraSeer2016"--my name in Russian, and also the name of the protagonist in "We, the Living.")
"Really, Vlad. Are you saying that instead of killing 300 million people, this "less powerful nuke" only kills 100 million. That's comforting."
I thought of the war room scene in Dr Strangelove. Go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuP6KbIsNK4
Aug 3, 2016 17:42:15 #
CarolSeer2016 wrote:
I loved that movie.
Aug 8, 2016 09:58:09 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
CarolSeer2016 wrote:
I agree with Denzel in Crimson Tide, "In nuclear war, the true enemy is war itself."
Less powerful nukes have always been felt to make nuclear war winnable with a greater chance of having something left afterward. Remember the neutron bomb, designed to kill the people with radiation but minimal explosive force to preserve the infrastructure. Stupid.
MAD is just that, MAD. There is nothing positive about it. What a barbaric way to stop oneself from obliterating your "enemy."
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Aug 8, 2016 12:26:05 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
I agree with Denzel in Crimson Tide, "In nucl... (show quote)
At any rate, nwtk, there has not been a world war since the first-and-last time the atomic bomb was dropped. That may not be the sole reason, but it is certainly a contributing factor. I think even Stalin understood the absolute destructiveness of nuclear weapons.
ISIS, on the other hand, may very well be interested in the usefulness of its destructiveness. Remember, they might be counting on the fact that one-twelfth of the earth's population will survive.
Aug 8, 2016 12:31:35 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
KiraSeer2016 wrote:
At any rate, nwtk, there has not been a world war since the first-and-last time the atomic bomb was dropped. That may not be the sole reason, but it is certainly a contributing factor. I think even Stalin understood the absolute destructiveness of nuclear weapons.
ISIS, on the other hand, may very well be interested in the usefulness of its destructiveness. Remember, they might be counting on the fact that one-twelfth of the earth's population will survive.
ISIS, on the other hand, may very well be interested in the usefulness of its destructiveness. Remember, they might be counting on the fact that one-twelfth of the earth's population will survive.
That is certainly true. If they had one, they'd use it. It is absolutely impairative they not obtain that destructiveness.
Aug 8, 2016 12:46:16 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
That is certainly true. If they had one, they'd use it. It is absolutely impairative they not obtain that destructiveness.
It has been said, that even the peaceful uses of nuclear energy is suspect. Because of the transport of spent nuclear fuel.
Aug 8, 2016 13:02:29 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
KiraSeer2016 wrote:
It has been said, that even the peaceful uses of nuclear energy is suspect. Because of the transport of spent nuclear fuel.
It's true. We need to abandon fission. A future in fusion, however, is something to pursue. Not in bombs of course!
Aug 8, 2016 13:09:17 #
nwtk2007 wrote:
It's true. We need to abandon fission. A future in fusion, however, is something to pursue. Not in bombs of course!
It could be explosive, however!!
Aug 9, 2016 16:15:28 #
nwtk2007
Loc: Texas
KiraSeer2016 wrote:
It could be explosive, however!!
Ass the technology develops, it will be interesting to see, but probably, it would be harder to make an explosive fusion reactor than a non-explosive one.
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