There will be NO Nuclear War, page

Wow, thanks for the applause, it was my first

To be honest, i didnt write that for any sort of praise, it was just that i saw some of the threads and posts and was concerned that some of the younger posters might get too worried and think that a war was immenent.

If anyone is interested and hasn't seen it, i would highly recommend watching a film called "when the wind blows" which summed up some of the things we went through with the cold war. It was and still is one of the most disturbing things i have ever watched.

When the wind blows part 1 This is the link to the first part on youtube, the others are also there.

I never again want to experience the chilling paranoia that most of lived with and i would expect that none of the superpowers do either. I would expect any war fought between Russia and America or even China would be an economic one, not a collatoral one.

Of all the worries i have at the moment, Nuclear war is at the bottom

Yeah, got to agree.

I have posted just as much in a couple of threads here on ATS recently.
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NATO etc, Russia and China all know just how far to push each other.
They are all old hands at this game and have been playing it for a while.
The people who really have the influence will not allow it to happen.
The M.A.D. scenario is still relevant.

The only destabilizing or unpredictable arena maybe the M.E.
Future developments in Pakistan will be interesting.

Well said.

reply to post by Breifne

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Yes, the weapons have been around for some 60+ years and other than during WW2 they have NOT been used. And to be sure, back in the 50's-60's the weapons were very much larger (to make up for less sophisticated targeting technology).

As has been pointed out above, the 'players' all know the consequences of a nuclear exchange. They all know that no matter who 'wins', they will lose. And lose BIG. Every major country will have its infrastructure and industry virtually wiped-out. Each will have an unimaginable number of people homeless, sick and injured for whom they must care and without the means to do so. There will be very little difference between the 'winner' and thye 'loser'. They ALL know this. We publish our nuclear doctrine on a regular basis. You can read it yourself (if you dare). No secrets. Every country knows what our response will be if attacked and the process is automatic. No country will risk that.

Is it possible that some rogue entity will gain access to nuclear weapons and detonate one on American soil? Sure. But as devastating as that event would be it is far, far less than an all-out nuclear exchange. It would be largely local and we would recover.

Like expat, I've found that alot of posters on this site almost seem excited by the prospect of a Russian-US conflict. What these youngsters don't seem to understand is the crippling economic cost of another Cold War. The former USSR collapsed under the weight of the arms race that the Cold War created. The Russians, sensing our current over-extension in the Middle East (way to go BushCo... you guys are geniuses!), are basically using a play out of our own playbook to further cripple our economy. We've been weakened internationally and economically and now the Russians are using that to re-establish their world position.

But there is a silver lining... all the arms manufacturers are going to get even richer. We all should be happy for them.

Originally posted by jtma508
reply to post by Breifne

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But there is a silver lining... all the arms manufacturers are going to get even richer. We all should be happy for them.

Oh you

But it is the case that with all the proliferation of these weapons, any number could of 'slipped through the cracks', just like an accountant may smudge the numbers a little.

And with all the will in the world you could never account for people or peoples who would desire the use of these things - surprising the world with one random detonation would change everything, and we are already in a climate of fear for the masses. Sorry if that is a little emotional and/or alarmist.

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