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Should the US make new nukes?
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post Jun 14 2006, 08:02 AM
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Labs Compete to Make New Nuclear Bomb

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in the San Francisco Bay area and the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico are competing to design the nation's first new nuclear bomb in two decades.

Scientists at both facilities are working around the clock on plans that will be presented to the Nuclear Weapons Council, a federal panel that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons. The council will choose a winner later this year.

"I have had people working nights and weekends," said Joseph Martz, the head of the Los Alamos design team. "I have to tell them to go home. I can't keep them out of the office."

Congress approved the new bomb, known as the reliable replacement warhead, with bipartisan support in 2005 as part of a defense spending bill. The weapon would, by law, have the same explosive power as existing warheads.

Proponents of the project say the U.S. would lose its so-called "strategic deterrent" unless it replaces its aging arsenal of about 6,000 bombs, which will become potentially unreliable within 15 years. A new, more reliable weapon, they say, would help the nation reduce its stockpile.

Critics say the project could trigger a new arms race with Russia and China, and undercut arguments that countries such as Iran and North Korea must stop their nuclear programs.

The United States and Russia signed a treaty in 2002 calling for the countries to each cut nuclear inventories to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by 2012.

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Should the US invest in new nuclear weapons, or could this possible trigger a new arms war with Russia and/or China?
 
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 06:24 AM
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......... so ?

we have the checks and balance crap.

one can override the president's decisions.

we have representatives, senate .. and etc.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 09:41 AM
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QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 4 2006, 6:24 AM) *
......... so ?

we have the checks and balance crap.

one can override the president's decisions.

we have representatives, senate .. and etc.


And that doesnt stop them from bombing us.What the hell can balance checks do to help us from being bombed.If they bomb us this whole world dies because of the chemicals will travel in the wind.
 
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post Jul 4 2006, 12:15 PM
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QUOTE(BabypeachesLR @ Jul 4 2006, 10:41 AM) *
And that doesnt stop them from bombing us.What the hell can balance checks do to help us from being bombed.If they bomb us this whole world dies because of the chemicals will travel in the wind.


Wind? Do you mean radiation or something? Are you saying that if they bomb the U.S. that it will eventually kill the world? Hey, they bombed Japan and the rest of us aren't dead.
 
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QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jul 4 2006, 12:15 PM) *
Wind? Do you mean radiation or something? Are you saying that if they bomb the U.S. that it will eventually kill the world? Hey, they bombed Japan and the rest of us aren't dead.


Thats because it wasnt a nuke.

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one nuke wont destroy the world now if we blasted every single nukes from a single boomer then the world could be destroy. forgot how many we have around the world


Please dont tell me that,im scared off my a$$ that korea will bomb us and i really really hope not........but anyway one nuke can destroy the world because of the radiation and the chemicals will pollute the water,and our needed sources and it will kill us slowly.For now all america can do is pray that it wont happen.
 
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post Jul 5 2006, 12:35 PM
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QUOTE(NinjaxMageLayouts @ Jul 5 2006, 1:30 AM) *
Thats because it wasnt a nuke.

A "nuke" is a colloquial term for any nuclear weapon. The atomic bombs dropped on Japan, then, are considered to be "nukes".

QUOTE(NinjaxMageLayouts @ Jul 5 2006, 1:30 AM) *
Please dont tell me that,im scared off my a$$ that korea will bomb us and i really really hope not........but anyway one nuke can destroy the world because of the radiation and the chemicals will pollute the water,and our needed sources and it will kill us slowly.For now all america can do is pray that it wont happen.

A single nuke would not destroy the world, nor cause most of the world to come to great harm. Radiation would kill people in a certain area and poison other life forms in a nearby area, and could cause some trouble over a greater distance depending on weather conditions, but it would not destroy the world or even all life on Earth.
 

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mipadi   Should the US make new nukes?   Jun 14 2006, 08:02 AM
kryogenix   I think that if are to produce new nuclear weapons...   Jun 14 2006, 08:35 AM
Uronacid   I think we should try and keep other countries fro...   Jun 14 2006, 01:04 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(Uronacid @ Jun 14 2006, 2:04 PM) I ...   Jun 14 2006, 01:15 PM
Uronacid   because, we have to be #1... ever heard of the say...   Jun 14 2006, 01:29 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(Uronacid @ Jun 14 2006, 2:29 PM) be...   Jun 14 2006, 01:38 PM
ermfermoo   How can we improve our country if we get blown awa...   Jun 14 2006, 06:32 PM
sakaitone   QUOTE(Uronacid @ Jun 14 2006, 2:29 PM) be...   Jun 18 2006, 10:55 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   i believe U.S should have their own private set of...   Jun 14 2006, 04:51 PM
zomgznoway   NO. Why invest money in weapons we're never g...   Jun 14 2006, 06:06 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(zomgznoway @ Jun 14 2006, 7:06 PM) ...   Jun 14 2006, 09:25 PM
mipadi   At what point, though, do we say we have enough we...   Jun 15 2006, 07:30 AM
kryogenix   QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 15 2006, 8:30 AM) At w...   Jun 15 2006, 02:50 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jun 15 2006, 3:50 PM) T...   Jun 15 2006, 04:33 PM
zomgznoway   QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 15 2006, 7:30 AM) At w...   Jun 16 2006, 01:59 PM
marzipan   QUOTE(zomgznoway @ Jun 16 2006, 1:59 PM) ...   Jun 18 2006, 10:03 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(zomgznoway @ Jun 16 2006, 2:59 PM) ...   Jun 19 2006, 07:59 AM
sakaitone   QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jun 19 2006, 8:59 AM) W...   Jun 19 2006, 07:27 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jun 19 2006, 8:27 PM) D...   Jun 20 2006, 02:15 PM
magicfann   doesnt matter if u nuke china, we have so many ppl...   Jun 15 2006, 12:40 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(magicfann @ Jun 15 2006, 1:40 PM) d...   Jun 15 2006, 12:41 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(magicfann @ Jun 15 2006, 10:40 AM) ...   Jun 20 2006, 01:10 AM
sakaitone   QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jun 20 2006, 2...   Jun 20 2006, 05:11 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jun 20 2006, 6:11 PM) Y...   Jun 21 2006, 09:28 AM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jun 20 2006, 3:11 PM) Y...   Jun 21 2006, 04:53 PM
Angelina Taylor   I just feel so sorry for the world, and all those ...   Jun 19 2006, 09:14 AM
Crich323   I say no. I mean, what's the point besides try...   Jun 19 2006, 03:06 PM
The Nocturnal Phantom   Even if the U.S. were to make new nukes, they woul...   Jun 19 2006, 03:11 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(The Nocturnal Phantom @ Jun 19 2006, 4...   Jun 19 2006, 11:48 PM
sakaitone   OK look, if I am offending by any means I am sorry...   Jun 21 2006, 09:08 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ... i was testing his knowledge w...   Jun 22 2006, 12:12 AM
magicfann   QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jun 22 2006, 1...   Jul 5 2006, 08:04 AM
Spiritual Winged Aura   QUOTE(magicfann @ Jul 5 2006, 6:04 AM) uh...   Jul 6 2006, 09:39 PM
sakaitone   It's really hard to get through what you'r...   Jun 22 2006, 02:28 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   i dont see you as a slow person ... oh well. Chin...   Jun 22 2006, 06:14 PM
sakaitone   You would think so...but no. Not China. New York. ...   Jun 23 2006, 09:15 PM
innovation   First of all, we're not debating the morality ...   Jun 24 2006, 07:44 PM
mipadi   I understand that legally, there are certain treat...   Jun 27 2006, 02:51 PM
sakaitone   QUOTE(mipadi @ Jun 27 2006, 3:51 PM) I un...   Jul 1 2006, 11:22 PM
NinjaxMageLayouts   No the us should not make nukes and we should try ...   Jul 4 2006, 05:29 AM
snak3y3z1001   QUOTE(NinjaxMageLayouts @ Jul 4 2006, 6:2...   Jul 4 2006, 12:31 PM
Spiritual Winged Aura   ......... so ? we have the checks and balance cra...   Jul 4 2006, 06:24 AM
BabypeachesLR   QUOTE(Spiritual Winged Aura @ Jul 4 2006, 6...   Jul 4 2006, 09:41 AM
sakaitone   QUOTE(BabypeachesLR @ Jul 4 2006, 10:41 A...   Jul 4 2006, 12:15 PM
NinjaxMageLayouts   QUOTE(sakaitone @ Jul 4 2006, 12:15 PM) W...   Jul 5 2006, 12:30 AM
mipadi   QUOTE(NinjaxMageLayouts @ Jul 5 2006, 1:3...   Jul 5 2006, 12:35 PM
snak3y3z1001   ^^ if that was true dont you think we be dead by n...   Jul 5 2006, 07:42 AM
kryogenix   Heck even several atomic explosions would not dest...   Jul 5 2006, 02:35 PM
ECD & C0   QUOTEI think we should try and keep other countrie...   Jul 7 2006, 07:43 PM
BrandonSaunders   War by atrition is the way of the future. *LoL* S...   Jul 8 2006, 03:14 AM
I Shot JFK   Brandon! hi.   Jul 8 2006, 09:03 AM
Chad_man   The UN should give every contry in the world nukes...   Jul 8 2006, 06:23 PM
innovation   QUOTEI understand that legally, there are certain ...   Jul 9 2006, 02:41 PM
cashmere deer   I think this has to be the easiest topic on here b...   Jul 18 2006, 11:36 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(cashmere deer @ Jul 19 2006, 12:36 ...   Jul 23 2006, 07:00 PM
innovation   ^ It's not that simple.   Jul 19 2006, 04:43 PM
cashmere deer   Of course it is. Have we not already reached the p...   Jul 19 2006, 06:10 PM
iRock cB   ^I'm not in constant fear. I think the majorit...   Jul 19 2006, 07:32 PM
cashmere deer   Wow, you just contradicted the hell out of yoursel...   Jul 19 2006, 08:41 PM
iRock cB   ^ Wow. I don't even think I have to say anythi...   Jul 21 2006, 11:53 PM
cashmere deer   I am not arguing that weapons did in fact create l...   Jul 24 2006, 01:36 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(cashmere deer @ Jul 24 2006, 2:36 P...   Jul 24 2006, 04:35 PM
medic   QUOTE(kryogenix @ Jul 24 2006, 4:35 PM) W...   Jul 24 2006, 04:40 PM
kryogenix   QUOTE(medic @ Jul 24 2006, 5:40 PM) There...   Jul 24 2006, 04:47 PM
medic   There is no need to make new Nukes. The US never r...   Jul 24 2006, 01:53 PM
mipadi   QUOTE(medic @ Jul 24 2006, 2:53 PM) The U...   Jul 24 2006, 02:09 PM
medic   QUOTE(mipadi @ Jul 24 2006, 2:09 PM) Elec...   Jul 24 2006, 04:12 PM
innovation   QUOTEOf course it is. Have we not already reached ...   Jul 24 2006, 03:58 PM
innovation   This thread is dying.. or at least getting a bit t...   Jul 27 2006, 09:40 PM
cashmere deer   QUOTE(innovation @ Jul 27 2006, 7:40 PM) ...   Jul 27 2006, 10:21 PM
innovation   You can't call something "common sense...   Aug 3 2006, 02:21 PM
coldricesux426   I don't think US should make nukes, it would o...   Aug 4 2006, 01:36 AM


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