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Originally Posted by jambutty
By their very nature an ICBM has nuclear material onboard and it is just as lethal in one lump as it is in powder. Even if all parts of the ICBM are vaporised during re-entry you cannot vaporise radiation. So maybe we wouldn’t get bits falling on our heads, we would have the atmosphere irradiated instead. Not much of a choice is it?
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Beats having the nuke explode, when you would get a lot more fallout!
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Originally Posted by jambutty
So in a nutshell Blair wants the UK and any other EU country to become a human shield for the USA.
I think that the Yanks should stay in their own backyard and not involve us in their world squabbles and keep their defensive missiles at home.
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Unless the UK has suddenly pulled out of NATO and other treaties, any ICBM attack may well include you folks. Sad, but true.
Frankly, I believe that the best way to prevent catastrophic nuclear war is to continue to draw down the number of nuclear warheads and tp prevent further nuclear proliferation. Ridding ourselves (the USA primarily, with help from Blair and company) of the current "cowboy diplomacy" attitude would also be a good idea.