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Old 12-02-2013, 06:19 PM
 
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I believe that I responded to your post in a respectful way so I'm not sure why you are so angry.

Anyway, my point in bringing up Israel is that its possible for a country to hide nukes. That's all.

I agree the OP is indeed assuming that Japan has nukes simply because it makes sense to him--that's not a confirmation that they do of course. I'm just saying its possible that the U.S. may have sneaked some nukes to Japan considering the obvious strategic advantage--but its unlikely since if China ever found out there would be a big mess.
Sorry, said as nice as possible belief in silly things isn't respected. There is no anger behind that, just facts.

If pointing out your silly beliefs seems like rage and disrespect, the best thing is to stop believing in them. If stating facts back to you of elementary school principals that people should only believe what they can have evidence for, instead of anything that flies their way, is a huge horror...that's your problem and not mine. Simple statements again, don't go reading frothing rage into them again.

Respect is earned, and not for things easily debunked by what can be learned in 5th grade science classes.
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Old 12-03-2013, 06:31 AM
 
Location: Manhattan
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Sorry, said as nice as possible belief in silly things isn't respected. There is no anger behind that, just facts.

If pointing out your silly beliefs seems like rage and disrespect, the best thing is to stop believing in them. If stating facts back to you of elementary school principals that people should only believe what they can have evidence for, instead of anything that flies their way, is a huge horror...that's your problem and not mine. Simple statements again, don't go reading frothing rage into them again.

Respect is earned, and not for things easily debunked by what can be learned in 5th grade science classes.
Your name calling and poor grammar don't add credibility to your arguments. They make you seem immature and frivolous. If you want people to take you seriously, you need to be more measured in your responses.
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Old 12-03-2013, 08:34 AM
 
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FYI- The advantage of having nukes in the modern era is as a deterrent. It does you no good to have them, keep them silent and then use them to retaliate when you are a glowing husk....or to use them when a conventional war starts and then essentially guarantee a nuclear exchange.

As such, having "secret nukes" makes absolutely zero sense.

Additionally, they have treaties with the US and if push came to shove I'd guess Japan could make a nuke in less than a year and have delivery systems.
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Old 12-03-2013, 12:28 PM
 
Location: Maryland about 20 miles NW of DC
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Japan is one of a number of nations that has the knowledge, the resources and the nuclear infrastructure (Uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel reprosessing, indigenous nuclear and fast nuclear reactors and supercomputers capable of optimizing the design of an advanced thermonuclear weapon) to make military nuclear weapons. Japan is one of the world's largest stockpiles of Pu recovered from spent nuclear fuel. So Japan has all it needs to go nuclear at any time.

As for gettting the weapons on target Japan builds its own missiles including one new solid fueled rocket similar in scale to the US Minuteman 1. Japan does make Fighter Bombers like the F-15J made by Mitsubishi and is a partner in the F-35 program so it manufactures major structures for this plane as well. Japan is also testing and building drones .

Other nations in the region that can build nuclear weapons if they chose to include South Korea, Taiwan and Australia.
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