Obama calls for nuclear arsenal cuts

Jimbuna · 06-19-13, 02:38 PM

Nice one Barack...hopefully negotiations will prove successful.

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US President Barack Obama has called for greater efforts to be made to reduce US and Russian nuclear arsenals.
Speaking at the Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Berlin, he said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22962873

Spiced_Rum · 06-19-13, 02:42 PM

And the quickest way to get rid of them is to fire them off at some useless piece of land, Syria anyone?

Red October1984 · 06-19-13, 02:44 PM

I just watched On The Beach yesterday...and I'm literally about to watch The Day After....

mapuc · 06-19-13, 02:47 PM

So if I understand it correct they will cut it from killing us 10 times to killing us 5 times over.

Is that correct?

What a reliefe

Markus

Jimbuna · 06-19-13, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by mapuc

So if I understand it correct they will cut it from killing us 10 times to killing us 5 times over.

Is that correct?

What a reliefe

Markus

That's one way of looking at it but surely any reduction must be welcomed.

Spiced_Rum · 06-19-13, 03:00 PM

There may be some nuclear bunkers going cheap. Could get a bargain.

Possibly even build a replica submarine in the underground tunnels?

Red October1984 · 06-19-13, 03:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

That's one way of looking at it but surely any reduction must be welcomed.

But secretly we're going to start working on chemical and biological weapons that are going to be stolen by the Chinese.....

It'll never end. Peace will never be able to be maintained.

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Originally Posted by Spiced_Rum

Possibly even build a replica submarine in the underground tunnels?

Why? You wouldn't be able to sail it. Why not just build a real thing and live in that?

Spiced_Rum · 06-19-13, 03:10 PM

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Why? You wouldn't be able to sail it. Why not just build a real thing and live in that?

To make a real one that can float/sink on command is too difficult. But to use a pre-made tunnel is easier and it can be fitted with dials, etc, to look similar to a submarine. Plus some a powerful PCs to play SH5. Think of a aircraft cockpit in a basement or rec room.

Red October1984 · 06-19-13, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Spiced_Rum

To make a real one that can float/sink on command is too difficult. But to use a pre-made tunnel is easier and it can be fitted with dials, etc, to look similar to a submarine. Plus some a powerful PCs to play SH5. Think of a aircraft cockpit in a basement or rec room.

I see what you mean...but if one had the manpower and the money....

Why not?

Betonov · 06-19-13, 03:29 PM

I'd make a hydroponics garden. With a mirror system to direct sunlight into the underground.

Constant temperature means the garden would grow during the winter

Stealhead · 06-19-13, 03:46 PM

If it is a fair reduction between the US and Russia then I see no problem.Thing is the Russians have been investing much more in cruise missiles with nuclear warheads(or the potential to carry them) that allows them an advantage gap in fact they already have one.So a deal would have to cover both ICBM and various nuclear capable cruise missiles.Other wise one side has would have an unfair balance.

http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/russi...uise-missiles/

Catfish · 06-19-13, 03:58 PM

Well Obama could build atom-bomb-withstanding librariesm and sell the missiles to the Russians, so they have something to stuff their Borei class with.
Good libraries, more money and weapons gone, a win-win ..

.. or not

Platapus · 06-19-13, 06:56 PM

The cost of maintaining our aging nuclear arsenal is pretty high. Retiring some of the older systems while maintaining the more recent ones will result in a significant savings.

06-19-13, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Spiced_Rum

And the quickest way to get rid of them is to fire them off at some useless piece of land, Syria anyone?

Only if you go there first and everyone else leaves. Then I'd happily push the button...

Rockstar · 06-19-13, 08:03 PM

How about we launch one of those puppies and have us a weenie roast?

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Spiced_Rum Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2013 Location: Enjoying a run ashore Posts: 1,129 Downloads: 69 Uploads: 0	There may be some nuclear bunkers going cheap. Could get a bargain. Possibly even build a replica submarine in the underground tunnels? __________________ Spiced_Rum "The only rocks I want to see are in my glass, and covered with lashings of Spicey and Coke"

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	The cost of maintaining our aging nuclear arsenal is pretty high. Retiring some of the older systems while maintaining the more recent ones will result in a significant savings. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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mapuc CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Denmark Posts: 20,535 Downloads: 37 Uploads: 0	So if I understand it correct they will cut it from killing us 10 times to killing us 5 times over. Is that correct? What a reliefe Markus

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	I'd make a hydroponics garden. With a mirror system to direct sunlight into the underground. Constant temperature means the garden would grow during the winter

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Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	If it is a fair reduction between the US and Russia then I see no problem.Thing is the Russians have been investing much more in cruise missiles with nuclear warheads(or the potential to carry them) that allows them an advantage gap in fact they already have one.So a deal would have to cover both ICBM and various nuclear capable cruise missiles.Other wise one side has would have an unfair balance. http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/russi...uise-missiles/

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Well Obama could build atom-bomb-withstanding librariesm and sell the missiles to the Russians, so they have something to stuff their Borei class with. Good libraries, more money and weapons gone, a win-win .. .. or not

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Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	How about we launch one of those puppies and have us a weenie roast?