Chinese carrier weapon

[TheSatyr]

What is with you people's fascination with tactical nukes? NO NUKES should ever be used...by any one...in any circumstances.

You seem to think tactical nukes can be used with impunity...they can't. The first time a tactical nuke goes off,you can expect someone to launch ICBMs at whoever used the tac nuke. Simple reasoning,any one willing to use tactical nukes would be considered also willing to use ICBMs. It WILL escalate. Only a fool would consider nukes a viable option for any military reason.

The use of any kind of nuke by any one would be flat out suicide.

The only ones that I can see ever using a nuke would be a terrorist organization. Terrorists have nothing to lose. Nations do.

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by TheSatyr

What is with you people's fascination with tactical nukes? NO NUKES should ever be used...by any one...in any circumstances.

You seem to think tactical nukes can be used with impunity...they can't. The first time a tactical nuke goes off,you can expect someone to launch ICBMs at whoever used the tac nuke. Simple reasoning,any one willing to use tactical nukes would be considered also willing to use ICBMs. It WILL escalate. Only a fool would consider nukes a viable option for any military reason.

The use of any kind of nuke by any one would be flat out suicide.

The only ones that I can see ever using a nuke would be a terrorist organization. Terrorists have nothing to lose. Nations do.

I don't know, india and pakistan are much more likely to engage in nuclear warfare than usa and cina for instance or even russia and cina.
On the other hand, if a terrorist organization were to detonate a nuclear weapon, against whom do you retaliate ?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by goldorak

On the other hand, if a terrorist organization were to detonate a nuclear weapon, against whom do you retaliate ?

Nations raising, financing and supporting them.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Nations raising, financing and supporting them.

Precisely....and there is a better than even chance it might be Iran.

Of course, if it were NK they.........oh, forget it, they don't have any money to feed themselves never mind finance anyone

[goldorak]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Nations raising, financing and supporting them.

That's a very dicey proposition. Lets say as a matter of exemplification that a terrorist group were to be able to steel nuclear material from Russia.
Russia is not a country on the "axis of evil".
It does not finance or condone international terrorism, so what happens when such a device explodes. Do you really retaliate against Russia ?
Terrorist groups are not linked to any one country, they are decentralized so what are you going to do. Wage war against 10 countries because they happen to support on a political (let alone military) level so called terrorist groups.