India test-fires short range nuclear missile
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Colinj sez: "Yes, the US sucks at diplomacy" Well in most cases we only do it as a courtesy. Its not really necessary when you are holding all the cards. Colin sez: "Whilst the US State Dept, is made up of talented individuals, the decisions they make are ridiculous, this being caused by the controlling Politicians." That is your personal opinion. I may also say that your opinion and 2.50 US will get you a cup of latte at Starbucks. I think that the great majority of the so called ridiculous decisions are the best compromise available for the interest of the US. I could care less about the other countries. Let them make their own ridiculous decisions - we will keep ours. Colin sez: "Darn right, and the US lives in "fear" of this. If a "nanite defuser" was ever created the whole US economic system would crumble." Nope we would simply take over the worlds economic scene, have all the money, and dole it out to the favored few. We can win no matter what the playing field. I am sure that the worlds greatest fear is not nuclear war or global warming but that the US will become seriously interested in rugby and soccer. We would , of course, dominate the world in 10-12 years taking wahtever pride the other poor countries still posess with it. Cricket is safe because it is a completly non understandable game in which some sexual or mental deviancy is a probable necessary ingrediant Yall have fun now Richard If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man. - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar
Richard Stringer wrote: That is your personal opinion. My opinion also would be that over 90% of the world would agree with me however often for irrational reasons. Richard Stringer wrote: We can win no matter what the playing field. I am sure that the worlds greatest fear is not nuclear war or global warming but that the US will become seriously interested in rugby and soccer. Neither sports as they are currently played would fit in with your broadcasters arrangements. So I guess you would have to reinnovate them as well. Richard Stringer wrote: Cricket is safe because it is a completly non understandable game in which some sexual or mental deviancy is a probable necessary ingrediant Cricket is above the understanding level of meer men. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Last time I was in the loop, we had no plans to do so. We're allies, after all! But if it should ever be deemed necessary to do so, no problem. It shouldn't take more than about twenty minutes...
LOL I don't think you understand nuclear fusion roger. A country with sufficient nuclear capabilities can actually set up a nuclear bomb within it's mainland which will blow up a good portion of the the earth as well as set a radiation storm so fierce that life of any kind will cease to exist anywhere on the planet, even the very bottoms of the deep deep oceans would be devoid of life. Earth would be dead. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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The world is not ruled by the United States government. Most of the problems faced by the Asian regions are post-colonial and have been in the first place, created by the West (particularly Britain). India started its nuclear projects not only as a deterrent, but also to tell the world that NATO and Warsaw pact are not the only groups that have a "legal status" to possess nuclear cability and any treaties among these nations/groups are not binding on the non-aligned nations. India has never been aggressor in any of its wars. It has been in the fore-front of all UN peace-keeping forces, sending its army to different places. But, when it comes to a place in the security council these credentials are not enough. Syria is more qualified to get a US support. Now, after the nuclear tests, Blair has suddenly discovered the great things that India has done and promised support for a security council seat. I do not foresee India being forced into giving up its weapons or anything else, until reciprocated by other nations, including US. US does not have a moral plane, that is higher than anyone else in the world. I hope that Americans understand that they are the only sober people in the world to understand the perils of nuclear warfare. In fact, they are the only country who used it. The whole concept of globalization is flawed. Is it true that human resources is a commodity in business? Why is there restrictions in all developed nations for entry of people for under-developed nations (other than for security reasons), when they advocate their right to sell their products without any restrictions in third world countries. I believe that every country have a right to restrict anything and even fight for the benefit and security of its people. India has a failed social policy due to the flaws in the reservation policies. Kerala, the most socially developed state in India, implemented a land reform project in 1960s, when the fram land was re-partioned among the farmers. It also has the highest rates for hourly wages due to a very strong social movement. The state is now in trouble because industries prefer other states, where they can get people to work for 1/10th the wages. The people who work for the 1/10th wages usually end up in very bad living conditions. I hope that there is someone courageous enough to remove the caste and religion based reservation policies. In India, Muslims and Hindus co-existed till the arrival of the British. The mistrust in each-other have been a direct consequence of British
Thomas George wrote: The world is not ruled by the United States government :-) I hope everyone else is listening to that Nish p.s. I am hoping Microsoft will take over the USA. Then we'd have "nuclear fusion .NET" :-) Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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I agree with you right up until the last paragraph. A referendum in Kashmir for Kashmir self determination has been promised several times but never implimented by India. Now it is particularly difficult to impliment with the Kashmir lands under Pakistans control (plus the chunk under Chinas control). The referendum was first promised by Nehru, and the administrator was Admiral Nimitz. Also throwing in the third option of an autonomous Kashmir will only confuse the issue. A number of residents are neither Muslims or Hindus but Buddists, and the demographics of Kashmir and Jammu are diverse with strong groupings in regional areas especially the Kashmir valley. Often we think of these mountainous regions as sparsly populated, but there around 10 milion inhabitants whose voice has never been heard. I do agree a third party mediation will only worsen the situation, but both Pakistan and India have agreed to resolve there differences with negotiation in the past. Unsure about blaming Clement Atlee and co, But the Brits can be blamed for selling the lands into Hindu hands in the 1840's whilst the majority of the population were Muslim. Thus in the 1947 the Maharaja went against the peoples will and Asceded to the Indian Congress. Interesting today marks 52 years since the Brits quit India officially. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Oh Boy! Colin, you know more about India than I seem to do. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Good news for nuke fanatics :confused: are you actually pro this whole thing Nish? Are you serious? My god... regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
Paul I have my own little theory that the one sure way to bring about world peace is to have "nukes for all". What I mean is right now only certain big shots have nuclear weapons. If everyone, I mean everyone, had nuclear weapons, then everyone would be able to destroy everyone else. Thus all would be equal. Thus the US wont be able to dictate terms. And enemy-country-pairs like India/Pak, Iran/Iraq etc. will not attack each other etc. Of course there is always the danger that some crazy religious fundamentalist would decide that it's time to blow up the earth and the moon with it. So before we have nukes for all, we should abandon religious politics. No country should adhere to any religion. No more Hinduism. No Christianity. No Buddhism or Islam. Just one religion. "Homo Sapiens Sapiens" Once we are all one, we can reach for the stars... Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
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Oh Boy! Colin, you know more about India than I seem to do. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
Nish [BusterBoy] wrote: Colin, you know more about India than I seem to do. Nish whilst I can't code for crud, I freely admit to knowledge of History, Geography and Int Politics. :-) We all have to be usful at something mate. :-) Regardz Colin J Davies
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Paul Watson wrote: are you actually pro this whole thing Nish? Are you serious? I think he is, and he should be. Until the US (lets face it, if it'll be anyone it will be them) invents a nanite defuser*, every country in the world needs to have a credible nuclear defence system. (note: defence, not offence). The idea being that it will deter anybody else with an ounce of commonsense from attacking them. Of course though, as recent events have shown, not everyone has this sense. * have I been playing Call To Power II for too long? ;) ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group, there was less competition there" - Gandhi
David Wulff wrote: I think he is, and he should be. Until the US (lets face it, if it'll be anyone it will be them) invents a nanite defuser*, every country in the world needs to have a credible nuclear defence system. (note: defence, not offence). The idea being that it will deter anybody else with an ounce of commonsense from attacking them. Of course though, as recent events have shown, not everyone has this sense. *scratches my head* Firstly India was testing a nuclear payload delivery missile, not an anti-nuke-missile system. Secondly anyone who believes what Nish spoke about ("Nukes for all") should be shipped to Pluto with all the other crazies, given all the nukes and then we can see if their theory holds up. If it does, great, Pluto and the crazies live on. But if it doesn't then the rest of us can carry on with life as Pluto becomes a new asteroid belt. I know I am taking this extreme but if Nukes For All is a good thing then what about Guns For All or Anthrax For All. It is not the average country we should be worrying about, it is the lunatic fringe who will launch what they have not caring if ten minutes later they are annihalated. Plus India and Pakistan are not that stable, one coupe, one nutter rising to power and blam, no more Indian, no more Pakistan, no more Southern Asia. Over 1 billion people dead or dying. Wonderful idea that, Nukes For All!!! :mad: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
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LOL I don't think you understand nuclear fusion roger. A country with sufficient nuclear capabilities can actually set up a nuclear bomb within it's mainland which will blow up a good portion of the the earth as well as set a radiation storm so fierce that life of any kind will cease to exist anywhere on the planet, even the very bottoms of the deep deep oceans would be devoid of life. Earth would be dead. Nish Sonork ID 100.9786 voidmain www.busterboy.org If you don't find me on CP, I'll be at Bob's HungOut
I assure you that I understand it very well:laugh: And as much as I hate working for peanuts for the rest of my life, I am delighted that the reason my career ended was that we didn't need the damned things anymore! I still keep a copy of the letter from then SecDef Dick Cheney directing us to stand down our active wings and cancel development of everything I was working on. To me, it was a historic moment; never would any child of mine have to grow up living in fear as we did. Sadly, the nature of the beast is such that any loon with an ax to grind can figure out how to make and use one. They're not conceptually difficult, and a significant amount of weapons-grade fissionable material is known to be unaccounted for... That scares me still...
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David Wulff wrote: I think he is, and he should be. Until the US (lets face it, if it'll be anyone it will be them) invents a nanite defuser*, every country in the world needs to have a credible nuclear defence system. (note: defence, not offence). The idea being that it will deter anybody else with an ounce of commonsense from attacking them. Of course though, as recent events have shown, not everyone has this sense. *scratches my head* Firstly India was testing a nuclear payload delivery missile, not an anti-nuke-missile system. Secondly anyone who believes what Nish spoke about ("Nukes for all") should be shipped to Pluto with all the other crazies, given all the nukes and then we can see if their theory holds up. If it does, great, Pluto and the crazies live on. But if it doesn't then the rest of us can carry on with life as Pluto becomes a new asteroid belt. I know I am taking this extreme but if Nukes For All is a good thing then what about Guns For All or Anthrax For All. It is not the average country we should be worrying about, it is the lunatic fringe who will launch what they have not caring if ten minutes later they are annihalated. Plus India and Pakistan are not that stable, one coupe, one nutter rising to power and blam, no more Indian, no more Pakistan, no more Southern Asia. Over 1 billion people dead or dying. Wonderful idea that, Nukes For All!!! :mad: regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront
I think you are missing my fundamental point here. It's not that "nukes for all" is a good thing, it's that sadly it is a necessary thing. No world power, be it the United States, Britain, India, or even Afghanistan, should be denied the right to defend themselves against attack from modern weapons of mass destruction. You mentioned that they are not building a nuclear defence system, but I get to differ that they are. If you are about to use force to attack a country you would think twice about using nukes if they had the ability to do the same to you. It's the very same reason Nobel sought to invent dynamite, though his vision has become limited with time. It's about prevention through deterrent, not through physical force. Kind of like Policemen carrying *really big* guns deter criminals. It's a sad state of affairs for sure, but every human being has the right to defend themselves, and if that means making sure you have the same sized fists as the net guy, then so be it. Remember - this works both ways round. Nuclear weapons used in warfare are very much an end-all clause. If any power uses them, they can be safely assured they will be eliminated off the face of this planet by other's, maybe not by using nuclear weaponry, but it would happen. I'm all for nuclear disarmament, but the only way this can be achieved is one of two things: (1) all the powers in the world, whether country or cult, agree to disarm their warheads and the base materials are put to a better use, or (2), some form of system is created that will render all nuclear warheads useless (i.e. CTP2's "nanite diffuser"). (1) is not going to happen - ever. It is, unfortunately, not the way we work. (2) could happen, but we are not there yet. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group, there was less competition there" - Gandhi
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I think you are missing my fundamental point here. It's not that "nukes for all" is a good thing, it's that sadly it is a necessary thing. No world power, be it the United States, Britain, India, or even Afghanistan, should be denied the right to defend themselves against attack from modern weapons of mass destruction. You mentioned that they are not building a nuclear defence system, but I get to differ that they are. If you are about to use force to attack a country you would think twice about using nukes if they had the ability to do the same to you. It's the very same reason Nobel sought to invent dynamite, though his vision has become limited with time. It's about prevention through deterrent, not through physical force. Kind of like Policemen carrying *really big* guns deter criminals. It's a sad state of affairs for sure, but every human being has the right to defend themselves, and if that means making sure you have the same sized fists as the net guy, then so be it. Remember - this works both ways round. Nuclear weapons used in warfare are very much an end-all clause. If any power uses them, they can be safely assured they will be eliminated off the face of this planet by other's, maybe not by using nuclear weaponry, but it would happen. I'm all for nuclear disarmament, but the only way this can be achieved is one of two things: (1) all the powers in the world, whether country or cult, agree to disarm their warheads and the base materials are put to a better use, or (2), some form of system is created that will render all nuclear warheads useless (i.e. CTP2's "nanite diffuser"). (1) is not going to happen - ever. It is, unfortunately, not the way we work. (2) could happen, but we are not there yet. ________________ David Wulff http://www.davidwulff.co.uk "My grandfather once told me that there are two kinds of people: those who work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group, there was less competition there" - Gandhi
David Wulff wrote: I think you are missing my fundamental point here I get your point David and I think everyone has heard it a million times from all walks of life. The problem is that it should not be this way. It is not a "good" way of keeping the peace. Idealy, you should not have to have a bigger or equal gun to stop the "enemy" from attacking you. There was a thread earlier about Respect and this comes into play. India and Pakistan only have respect for each other because either could wipe the other out quite easily. It is a respect born of fear. It is a terrible, and fragile, respect. Also this whole "Nukes for all" arguement has a bit of a loophole. Only a few countries actually do have nukes. So how come all the other countries still exist and survive/prosper? Why aren't they being assimilated by the nuke-toting countries? South Africa has nukes, we have always wanted Lesotho (who don't have nukes) and yet they still remain independant and free. WE even bloody invaded them in 1999, but for some or other reason it all ended badly (as invasions are want to do) and they remain free. I just think it is plain wrong, a terribl way to live and that we are all actually fooling ourselves. Other countries do not invade America just because it has the greatest military might. Oh no, they don't invade America because if they did the world economy would collapse and the people invading would find their coffers empty as they rely on the American market to thrive, no matter how much they hate it. David Wulff wrote: (2) could happen, but we are not there yet. The problem with (2) is that as soon as Nukes are rendered useless someone will go and invent something a step worse. Something nanites cannot defuse. And the race will start up all over again. Hey David, the more you think about humanity, the more you think "we have survived how long?!?!?! amazing!" regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa "The greatest thing you will ever learn is to love, and be loved in return" - Moulin Rouge Martin Marvinski wrote: Unfortunatly Deep Throat isn't my cup of tea Do you Sonork? I do! 100.9903 Stormfront