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The deterrent is We have a sniper hidden that you can't possibly defend against. If you shoot me in the head, my sniper will kill you and you can't do anything about it. That is a deterrent.
The deterrent can be, I have a sniper. I will use my sniper first, if you annoy me. Yes that can be a deterrent.
In the case of our nukes the deterrent is and has been for decades, we can and will retaliate and destroy you and all your allies, because we have enough assets that you can't possible eliminate them all. That is what MAD is all about.
That's my point, Warren says okay well if you shoot my friend, then I will shoot you back. You know Warren will be protected in a secret facility somewhere. We used two nukes on Japan without them launching any at us. I'm not saying we should be using nukes preemptively, but I am saying it does our country a disservice for her to publicly announce to the world my hands are tied no matter the situation or scenario that comes up in the future.
It's not just about retaliation, it's that if we wanted to we could destroy you before you even have the chance to launch nukes or develop nukes or export nukes or for any reason we deem necessary.
If you don't know what SSBN means nor how many are out in the sea at any one time, you probably shouldn't be making such uninformed opinions in public.
So many uninformed posters.
I mean dear god, why not do a little research before coming to an opinion?
I mean I know R vs. D is easy but dang...have a little pride.
During the recent debate, Warren said she would sign a pledge to not use a nuclear weapon unless one is used on us first.
This to me is a deal breaker... it's like having a gun and pledging you will never shoot unless you get shot first. Why do we need to see NYC blown up before we can protect ourselves?
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In this day and age, when we have satellites and whatnot that can detect when a nuclear missile has been fired in our direction minutes (or less) after it has been launched, I don't think that's a dangerous pledge to make. Yes, if I were president I would have no problem saying that, because I know that if someone fired a nuclear missile in our direction, we would know well in advance of it hitting us, and could react by retaliating or whatever before the nuke ever hit us.
And the corollary to that is, I cannot ever think of a situation where I would want to first fire a nuclear weapon at another country without having been provoked with another nuclear weapon first.
In this day and age, when we have satellites and whatnot that can detect when a nuclear missile has been fired in our direction minutes (or less) after it has been launched, I don't think that's a dangerous pledge to make. Yes, if I were president I would have no problem saying that, because I know that if someone fired a nuclear missile in our direction, we would know well in advance of it hitting us, and could react by retaliating or whatever before the nuke ever hit us.
And the corollary to that is, I cannot ever think of a situation where I would want to first fire a nuclear weapon at another country without having been provoked with another nuclear weapon first.
You never know what scenario could come up in the future, it is foolish to tie your hands and announce it to the world. I feel like there could be scenarios in the future where we could use our nukes as a threat to stop it from happening. It's also gambling with potentially millions of lives that our defense systems would be successful.
You never know what scenario could come up in the future, it is foolish to tie your hands and announce it to the world. I feel like there could be scenarios in the future where we could use our nukes as a threat to stop it from happening. It's also gambling with potentially millions of lives that our defense systems would be successful.
Relax..the declaration isn't a legally binding contract that would end up with the USA being put in jail if there was a situation in the future where they decided they needed to use a nuclear weapon without provocation.
I don't think that would ever happen..
Relax..the declaration isn't a legally binding contract that would end up with the USA being put in jail if there was a situation in the future where they decided they needed to use a nuclear weapon without provocation.
I don't think that would ever happen..
So in other words you admit it's stupidity on her part to make such a pledge.
Elizabeth Warren has a lot of great policy positions that I completely 100% agree with...but this is not one of them. While I obviously I never what to see us have to use a nuke, nor should we make any decision about using one lightly, if we are truly under direct threat, then we need to have the option to use it as a last resort to protect the country. Now I would not use one to "protect another nation" or to "protect our corporate interests abroad".
You never know what scenario could come up in the future, it is foolish to tie your hands and announce it to the world. I feel like there could be scenarios in the future where we could use our nukes as a threat to stop it from happening. It's also gambling with potentially millions of lives that our defense systems would be successful.
Meh, I can't ever imagine a scenario where the ONLY option to make some sort of threat would be with nuclear weapons. If somebody is posing a grave danger to us, there are many other options other than to launch nukes at them.
Meh, I can't ever imagine a scenario where the ONLY option to make some sort of threat would be with nuclear weapons. If somebody is posing a grave danger to us, there are many other options other than to launch nukes at them.
Isn't our largest bomb smaller than Russia's largest bomb?
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