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Gordon Booth · 22-09-2010, 20:07

There has never been a weapon invented which wasn't fully used(however unpleasant it was).The human race is a nasty species and one day another madman will arise and we will have another World War. In 10/20 years when the future 'Taliban Government of Pakistan' finally has a missile which can reach Europe(to go with the nuclear warheads Pakistan already has) or Iran gets the warhead to go with its missiles do you think they will hesitate to threaten with them AND use them? Our only defence will be to say 'We will do unto others as they have done unto us' and ensure they know the cost to them would be so great that it wouldn't be worth it. That's the MAD policy which kept the peace between the West and the USSR for so many years, unpalatable but true.

22-09-2010, 20:07	#10
Gordon Booth Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 2,402 Liked: 715 times Rep Power: 46614	Re: The primary duty of every Government-Trident There has never been a weapon invented which wasn't fully used(however unpleasant it was).The human race is a nasty species and one day another madman will arise and we will have another World War. In 10/20 years when the future 'Taliban Government of Pakistan' finally has a missile which can reach Europe(to go with the nuclear warheads Pakistan already has) or Iran gets the warhead to go with its missiles do you think they will hesitate to threaten with them AND use them? Our only defence will be to say 'We will do unto others as they have done unto us' and ensure they know the cost to them would be so great that it wouldn't be worth it. That's the MAD policy which kept the peace between the West and the USSR for so many years, unpalatable but true.