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How exactly? By politely asking North Korea and Russia to disassemble all of theirs? How do you know if they aren’t lying when they say they complied? Should we
by hertzrat 5y ago
How exactly? By politely asking North Korea and Russia to disassemble all of theirs? How do you know if they aren’t lying when they say they complied? Should we disassemble ours as a token of goodwill and just wait for everyone to do the same? It’s more complicated than that, I don’t think we can get rid of them
- qzw 5y agoHonestly? The most likely scenario is that a very large asteroid is spotted heading for earth some decades or centuries in the future, and we have to use every warhead we have to blow it up or turn it away. Extremely unlikely, but still more likely than humanity voluntarily giving up all nuclear weapons. And some people will build more. Always. The knowledge is out there now, and people will build them for a power trip or even just shits and giggles.
- somedude895 5y agoWe've been quite successful at reducing the numbers at least: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament#/media/File%3AUS_and_USSR_nuclear_stockpiles.svg https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_disarmament#/media/F... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_I https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/START_I