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Can these people ever walk away from the idea of war. I mean, really which rogue state can or will possibly launch a nuclear missile over the continental US ?
by deepGem 15y ago
Can these people ever walk away from the idea of war. I mean, really which rogue state can or will possibly launch a nuclear missile over the continental US ?
- tomjen3 15y agoThey will be happy to walk away from the idea of war - it is just that the Rotary club pays less in campaign contributions than Norman Gunthorp.
- andrewflnr 15y agoToday? Probably none. In ten or twenty years? God only knows. IMO, it's insane to ignore the possibility.
- burgerbrain 15y agoNo, it is insane to worry about every possibility.
- andrewflnr 15y agoThat's true, too. But you need to have a good reason for disregarding any given threat, at least some evidence that there's no substance behind it. I have not heard any such evidence regarding EMP, so I have to consider it at least a possible threat. Granted it's probably blown out of proportion and used as a football (like any threat regardless of legitimacy), but that doesn't change the reality. I take a pessimistic perspective. It's better to take most threats seriously and be laughed at than get blindsided when something horrible happens that you weren't prepared for because you blew it off when someone warned you.
- iwwr 15y agoI mean, really which rogue state can or will possibly launch a nuclear missile over Switzerland? FTFY Seriously now, nukes are not toys available at every street corner. And the idea of rogue states is more or less fanciful. The dangerous thing is painting the picture of an imminent US invasion, which can keep the crazy people in power (and justify the need for nukes). You don't really need a nuke to strike terror, just plain old conventional explosives. You are also never safe so long as you are in a crowd. See: terror is not about killing people, but terrorizing them http://www.schneier.com/essay-124.html http://www.schneier.com/essay-124.html
- deepGem 15y agoThe article mentions the destruction that's caused by EMP. One of the foremost sources of EMP is a nuclear explosion, I don't think there are any conventional explosives that can 'turn on' an EMP.
- skorgu 15y agoIf only it were so: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/hpm... Anecdotally you can inject a surprisingly effective amount of noise into insufficiently-shielded systems with little more than the guts of a microwave oven.