From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Geo. wrote:
> "Ad"  wrote in message
> news:45ed4aa7{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>>> Exactly, once everyone has nukes, nobody can fight another war.
>
>> Fine so let's scrap the NPT coz it's dead anyway & help the process
>> along. Maybe the US could get some export dollars flogging warhead
>> designs & tooling.
>
> You seem to be joking but I don't see India and Pakistan going whole hog
> at each other..
>
> The problem with everyone having nukes is that as some less stable
> states fall, there is a huge chance of them selling nukes to anyone with
> money, that would be bad because there is no accountability (you can't
> strike back with nukes) for their use if owned by a non-state. MAD
> doesn't apply unless they are state owned/controlled. That's where the
> fear of the spread of nukes originates.
>

Nah the fear starts with an entire city of 10 million people being turned
to rubble in seconds.

The main fear is that the more there are the more likely one will go pop.

I do wonder though why only those with nukes (always obtained under great
secrecy etc) view only themselves as "rational actors".

i.e. take the US & Russian inventory & distribute the excess to
other currently non-nuclear states & possibly the risk might decrease.

Adam

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