Subject | Re: Republicanism still an offence in England? (wasRe: Queen mother |
From | David Flood |
Date | 2002-05-20 16:51 (2002-05-20 15:51) |
Message-ID | <acb5qm$o5tin$1@ID-121201.news.dfncis.de> |
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Newsgroups | alt.fan.tolkien |
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Followups | Flame of the West (6h & 43m) |
Raven wrote:So - when exactly is a nuke *not* a nuke, then? ;)RavenYou can't use words like "nukes" indiscriminately if you want to discuss arms control and military strategy seriously. Please make a careful distinction between strategic and tactical nuclear weapons. As in, "strategic nuclear weapons should be used only as a last resort against an enemy nuclear strike." Lumping two different classes of weapons together based on their internal mechanisms only confuses the issue.
I read rumours that some in the current administration have voiced opinions in favour of relaxing the restrictions against using tactical nukes. If this is true, it would indeed be an evil. Nukes should be used only as a last resort against an enemy nuclear strike.