Nuclear War.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
"At this point 9,000,000 Texans and a total of 140,000,000 Americans have died."

Oh my god, the Texans are being killed!

I'm guessing the giy who worte it was Texan.

[Dis]

Originally posted by DRoseDARs
I wonder what, if any, strategic value Reno has? Yes, there's Hawthorne further south with it's ammo depot and the Fallon Naval Station (in the middle of a desert hundreds of miles from the nearest ocean... ), but what possible reason other than "soft target" would someone - in this case the U.S.S.R. - nuke Reno?

because they can.

[mrmitchell]

If the sovs got wind that there was a nonzero probability of US actually NOT responding to a major nuking, they would have been more willing to take their chances.

I wasn't saying not to bluff. Yeah, the US should be all like "If you nuke us we'll nuke you right back," but IF it ever happens, we shouldn't do it.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Serb

Yeah, right. That's why you use an image of SS freak as your avatar.


Sweat nightmares... nazi.

Stalin makes Hitler look like an priest. Hypocrite!

I hate the SS.. I am just recognizing their propaganda.

"Fez is diagnosed with terminal communitis. His doctor says he has but a year to live.

Suddenly, Fez renounces his far-right ways. He starts studying the works of Marx, and the lives of great Soviet leaders such as Lenin and Brezhnev. He attends workers' rallies and becomes a member of the Communist Party.

Finally, on his deathbed, his partner asks: "Why did you become a Red before you died, Giancarlo?"

A smile lights Fez's face for a second. As he breathes his last breath, Fez says "One...less...commie.""

**** no.

[mrmitchell]

Fez,did you even read to the ending?

[Verto]

I really don't see the problem with Fez' avatar. Or rather, I don't see why it is any worse than the Stalin avatars, or the various symbols of the USSR used by posters here.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
It would probably be worse than that.

While I'm sure my thinking could never make its way to the White House, or even DC, here's something to ponder: Why should the US ever launch a retaliatory nuke strike? Nukes are wrong, and the US is all about being right. And two wrongs--the first strike and the retaliation strike--don't make a right. We shouldn't lower ourselves to our attackers' level...if they survive because we didn't strike back, then so what? We retained moral superiority, and they now have a broken, twisted world to inherit.

Because we would have a system set up that would FORCE us to retaliate - which is a perfectly rational thing to do (set up such a system, that is). If we AUTOMATICALLY retaliate if they strike, then nobody rational will strike us, and anybody irrational would have launched at us anyways.

[Giancarlo]

Originally posted by Verto
I really don't see the problem with Fez' avatar. Or rather, I don't see why it is any worse than the Stalin avatars, or the various symbols of the USSR used by posters here.

I look at propaganda from different time periods with interest, not acceptance. It is interesting to see how evil men captured the attention of an entire nation. I think it is in my right to have it as an avatar.

[Dis]

I'm looking this over now.

First of all the talk about the initial radiation burst will be absorbed by the atmosphere. That looks incorrect. While alpha and beta radiation is easily absorbed. Neutron and Gamma radiation from exploding nuclear weapons is a serious concern for people in the vicinity.

"The average radiation dose in Texas is about 500 rem; by comparison, a dose of 100 rem in less than a week causes radiation sickness in half of people exposed; 50% of people exposed to 450 rem in a short period will die within 30 days; and a dose of 1,500 rem will kill nearly all people exposed within 10 days."

That above statement looks correct. That looks similar to what I've learned about radiation. By comparison, the time I spent on nuclear ships I was explosed to about 650 millirem over a period of about 5 or 6 years. This does not include neutron radiation, as our TLD's do not measure neutron radiaton. But neutron radiation is not a serious concern for us as we remained outside the reactor compartment during operation. The shielding cut much of that out.

This thing is too Texas centric. And evertying is Central Daylight Time. Texas is not the center of the universe dammit!

[joncha]

Originally posted by Giancarlo


I look at propaganda from different time periods with interest, not acceptance. It is interesting to see how evil men captured the attention of an entire nation. I think it is in my right to have it as an avatar.

if that's not a big steaming pile, I don't know what is.

[Verto]

Originally posted by joncha


if that's not a big steaming pile, I don't know what is.

Avatars of the SS are cause for outrage, but avatars of Stalin and the the communist party are not?

[DRoseDARs]

Can ya'll please take this to another thread and stop jacking this one?

[Whoha]

Originally posted by Dissident
Texas is not the center of the universe dammit!

The hell you say!

Anyway to the article:
It talks about the soviets having nuclear weapons in orbit above the US, I don't think that they have any up there.

Plus it assumes a 10% failure rate for both sides, this is not accurate as the US maintains its weapons and the soviets did not. plus their guidance stuff isn't any where near as good as ours is.

He's using the official numbers for Soviet military power from the US and the Soviets, both were wildly overinflated for differing reasons.

He Finally assumes a launch on confirmed posture/military targeting primarily for the US. I'm not sure if Reagan switched us away from launch on warning/target civilians primarily or not, I've heard stuff to that effect.

[The Vagabond]

Originally posted by Giancarlo

I'm not a nazi. You should consider jumping off a cliff. One less commie in the world.

There are no cliffs where Serb lives. It's just a plain plain. You should suggest something more realistic.

[The Vagabond]

Originally posted by Verto

Avatars of the SS are cause for outrage, but avatars of Stalin and the the communist party are not?

Correct.