Originally posted by ih8sensUmmm lets see as deterrence against the Chinese... they are still Communists last time I checked. Yes, yes, most the Chinese people probably could care less about but then the ones running the military and the government have never renounced their links to Chairman Mao.
To stop the terrorists duh.
oh wait... who really are the terrorists?
Also we see the ex KGB man Putin with dreams of making Russia a superpower once again. So we need to keep him in check .
And then there is that fella in Iran ....
Seems like valid enough reasons to me
Originally posted by PhlabibitSince they weren't armed... and the plane didn't crash, no harm no foul. Planes with nuclear weapons flew over this country tens of thousands of times during the Cold War era, don't recollect a single one going off.
And so?
No big deal in your mind that a plane takes off and flies over US soil with nukes on it? Do you think it's no problem that the military had nukes on a plane and didn't realize it?
When I have something important, I like to know where it is. I guess you don't care, but that's your problem.
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Do you?
Originally posted by SMSBear716Name a case where they DIDN'T know where the bombs were. That is the point, they lost track of nuclear weapons.
Since they weren't armed... and the plane didn't crash, no harm no foul. Planes with nuclear weapons flew over this country tens of thousands of times during the Cold War era, don't recollect a single one going off.
Do you?
That's bad.
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Originally posted by PhlabibitStill waiting for your solution to ensure this will never happen again. I'll ask you the same question I asked hand of Hectate.
It's a lot like when you get email... You turn on the plane and:
Ding, Ding, Ding, "You got nukes!"
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What about when the Soviet Union fell apart... did you get this agitated (actually it was more disturbing than the incident that just happen) when they fell apart. What happened to all their nukes and fissionable material Where did it end up? Iran? North Korea? China? on the black market?
Part of the answer is the American taxpayers spent billions to acquire and account for part of the Communists nuclear weapons stockpile.
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Originally posted by SMSBear716Russia's nukes getting into the wrong hands scares the crap out of me. Also, you have me confused if you think I'm agitated, want heads to roll, or anything like that.
Still waiting for your solution to ensure this will never happen again. I'll ask you the same question I asked hand of Hectate.
What about when the Soviet Union fell apart... did you get this agitated (actually it was more disturbing than the incident that just happen) when they fell apart. What happened to all their nukes and fissionable material Wh ...[text shortened]... ions to acquire and account for part of the Communists nuclear weapons stockpile.
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I'm just not ready to say, "no harm, no foul." If the government needs to do something more to keep track of nukes, they should get on it an do it. They are their bombs, it's their problem to solve. I just find it laughable that something as important as nuclear bombs can end up 1000 miles away and it takes a guy on a runway in another state to realize what happened.
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