Nukes

[unixman]

I don't know. A few well placed nukes could annihilate international terrorists.

Appreciate that might have been a throw away comment, but the effect of one H bomb is too awful to be contemplated. ISIS making a few snuff movies is nothing. Yes, yes, sorry - I am preaching to the choir here.

World leaders should all sit down together and watch "Threads". And those other cheerful films.

[BrilloPad]

Ex-military types reckon Trident's a useless and irrelevant waste of money:

The former head of the armed forces Field Marshal Lord Bramall, backed by two senior generals, argued in a letter to The Times that the nuclear deterrent is no longer truly independent and does not guarantee Britain a seat at the top table of international diplomacy in the United Nations Security Council.

The large sums being spent on replacing the ageing submarines which carry the Trident ballistic missiles could be better used on conventional weapons which are much needed by the armed forces, they suggested.

"Nuclear weapons have shown themselves to be completely useless as a deterrent to the threats and scale of violence we currently face or are likely to face, particularly international terrorism," the letter stated.

"Our independent deterrent has become virtually irrelevant, except in the context of domestic politics."

- Trident nuclear deterrent 'completely useless' say retired military officers - Telegraph

They would. With nukes we could do away from top army brass. It just needs someone with a finger to push a button. Perhaps we could even outsource the job?

Is it true that for the Trident replacement that suity will be project manager?

[vetran]

The only terrorists to have successfully carried out attacks on the British people came from either Belfast or Leeds.

Which do you want to nuke first?

both would be improved.

[DodgyAgent]

Drop your own nuke and see the impact: NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein

And yes Birmingham looks actually better after you dropped it

[vetran]

a 1 Kiloton dropped on Tesco would improve Slough immeasurably, maybe wait until there is a Northerly wind.

[DaveB]

both would be improved.

Fair point about Leeds, as long as the wind didnt blow the fallout onto York. I like York.

[EternalOptimist]

If we know where they are. And we don't care about killing a few hundred thousand civilians in the process. Or making large chunks of other countries uninhabitable.

Not at all, one would be enough. Tell them we have one pointed at Mecca and they'll leave us alone

[NotAllThere]

If we know where they are. And we don't care about killing a few hundred thousand civilians in the process. Or making large chunks of other countries uninhabitable.

Yeah, but not our civilians and not our countries.

The only terrorists to have successfully carried out attacks on the British people came from either Belfast or Leeds.

Which do you want to nuke first?

Oh. Difficult one. Leeds, probably.

Appreciate that might have been a throw away comment, but the effect of one H bomb is too awful to be contemplated. ISIS making a few snuff movies is nothing. Yes, yes, sorry - I am preaching to the choir here.

World leaders should all sit down together and watch "Threads". And those other cheerful films.

The army bod said nukes were useless. The point is that they're manifestly not. Nukes could be used and would be extremely effective. Just awful and inhumanely costly.

[SpontaneousOrder]

The army bod said nukes were useless. The point is that they're manifestly not. Nukes could be used and would be extremely effective. Just awful and inhumanely costly.

Useless/full for what purpose?