Thread: Ronald Reagan, and nuclear War

Jimmy Carter's controversial nuclear targeting directive.

Jimmy Carter's Controversial Nuclear Targeting Directive PD-59 Declassified

Paranoia at its finest... amazing it never got worse.

There is every indication it may.

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...weet.html?_r=0

And Vladimir said.....

https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-cal...101800687.html

Nuclear weapons are a poor deterrent since each side knows if they use them the other side will retaliate massively and it's all over red rover.
Nuclear weapons can't be used in conventional battlefield conflicts, invasions or border disputes.
Modernising nuclear weapons can be justified as a way of maintaining the Mutually Assured Deterrent (MAD) arsenal, but basically they are redundant for actual conflicts.
In other words, they are a huge waste of money in most situations.

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The definition of catch 22.

https://youtu.be/msPO_vXaCTw

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Nuclear weapons are a poor deterrent since each side knows if they use them the other side will retaliate massively and it's all over red rover.
Nuclear weapons can't be used in conventional battlefield conflicts, invasions or border disputes.
Modernising nuclear weapons can be justified as a way of maintaining the Mutually Assured Deterrent (MAD) arsenal, but basically they are redundant for actual conflicts.
In other words, they are a huge waste of money in most situations.

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That's all very well in the hands of reasonable people, but what if somebody like North Korea decides to up the ante. The big worry is, if a nuclear weapon falls into the hands of a terrorist who don't care about life.

Mick.

MAD is Mutually Assured Destruction. Not deterrent.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Nuclear weapons are a poor deterrent since each side knows if they use them the other side will retaliate massively and it's all over red rover.
Nuclear weapons can't be used in conventional battlefield conflicts, invasions or border disputes.
Modernising nuclear weapons can be justified as a way of maintaining the Mutually Assured Deterrent (MAD) arsenal, but basically they are redundant for actual conflicts.
In other words, they are a huge waste of money in most situations.

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Read President Carters nuclear targeting directive.. Everything depends on which rat bag is in charge. Putin and Trump.Good luck with that.