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Old 06-12-12, 07:56 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by JU_88 View Post
Iran: We are going to build some stealth fighters
Us: Oh no you wont!
Iran: We are going to build a Nuclear submarine
Us: Oh no you wont!
Iran: we are going to clone that Drone we captured
Us: Oh no you wont!
Iran: We are not going to build a Nuclear weapon
Us: Oh yes you will!

Theres a damn good pantomime in the making here .....
Of the four just building a nuke would be the easiest by far. It is after all 1940's technology and it doesn't say how unwieldy it might be. The thing could be as big as an Oldsmobile.

It's also the only one of those four technologies that don't have to be deployed in battle in order to achieve it's military objective. Every boomer has it's fast attack hunting it, same thing with stealth fighters and drones, and they must not only survive long enough to attack but also be successful in that attack in order to have any military value. A nuke on the other hand is effective by just sitting in a hidden bunker.
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