Why Do Nuclear Weapons Exist?

[Space05us]

And would any country in the world actually use them in the event of war?

[Az]

Nukes have been used, already.

[Flandrien]

and they will be used again

[Az]

Little doubt of that. My only hope is that at that point, we'll get off this rock.

[Al'Kimiya]

The Illuminati and the Swiss insistute of the New World Order regards them as safeguards and will use them in the event of risk of being exposed as a decoy while reorganizing. It is also a step in their agenda to reduce humanity's head count to managable levels.

[Dinner]

They exist so you can ask questions about why they exist. Next question.

[DeathByTheSword]

all we need is some holtzmann generators and we are done...

[Space05us]

what?

[JohnT]

Originally posted by DeathByTheSword
all we need is some holtzmann generators and we are done...

What

Holtzmann Generators. From Dune. They're what powered the shields, the Guild Ships, damn near everything in the novel. If you fired a laser at a shield generated by the HG, you'd get simulataneous nuclear explosions (one at the shield site, the other at the laser site).

[Alex]

they exist to cause as much destruction as possible. that's what you want for your enemy, isn't it?

[pchang]

Originally posted by JohnT




Holtzmann Generators. From Dune. They're what powered the shields, the Guild Ships, damn near everything in the novel. If you fired a laser at a shield generated by the HG, you'd get simulataneous nuclear explosions (one at the shield site, the other at the laser site).

A very convenient invention to create the need for highly stylized hand to hand combat

[Dis]

I don't want to threadjack (this thread doesn't look like it's going anywhere ), but I've always wondered something. It relates to the topic at hand.

Was it a good idea to build the manhatten project? I'm not going to debate Hiroshima/Nagasaki, that's been done to death.

Think about this, if we had not built it, would anyone have? The Russians only got it because we did. The Chinese only got it because the russians did (I think). The german program, if they ever had one was useless at the end of the war.

Building a nuke for the first time isn't an easy thing. Look at the history of Los Alamos and Oak Ridge for examples. It required many resources.

When you look at popular culture, they criticize men and their arrogance for building such things. But that seems like a simplistic view. Sure I presented an argument above how that could work. But that is just an argument. I think it was unrealistic to believe nuclear weapons would not be developed at some point. Or am I wrong?

so I ask this. If america had not built an atom bomb in the 40's, would anyone else have?

[JohnT]

Yes. America has no copyrights on the laws of physics.

[Dis]

Originally posted by JohnT
Yes. America has no copyrights on the laws of physics.

ahh, but theory and the ability to do anything about that theory are 2 different things. I know how to build an atom bomb. Doesn't mean I can.

[Zulu Elephant]

There was no massive geopolitical advantage in being the first state to create/posses nuclear weapons. BUT there would have been a massive disadvantage in not being the first