Alright, in the "Who would win in a war USA or Canada?" thread, there was continuous discussion of America using nuclear weapons. Are there really people here who believe that the world will ever allow any country to use nuclear weapons again?
If nations with nuclear weapons aren't going to allowing other nations to create them, yet are allowed to use their own. Then they are essentaily putting themselves in a permanent position of power and holding back the advancement of smaller lesser developed nations into their ranks, which should not be done. And if other nations aren't allowed to make nuclear weapons and hold them, not even to defend themselves. Then why should the nations with them be allowed to use them?
It seems to me as though the countries with nuclear weapons have no right to use them if they aren't going to allow other countries to make them. *coughnorthkoreacough*
And how could anyone believe that the world would allow any country to use a weapon that makes land inhabitable and barren, especially after seeing what happened in hiroshima and nagasaka! And especially on Canada a resource rich county of clean water and air...but that's not for this topic...
Tell that to the Japanese. To this day, an estimated 3,000 Japanese people die every year from radiation related causes from the nuclear weapons used in 1945.
What your not getting is that there are two main different types of nuclear bombs pure fission and thermonuclear. Pure fission usualy has a weaker blast compared to a thermo nuclear bomb but will give off more radiation. A Thermonuclear one gives off a much gives a bigger explosion and a lesser amount of radiation.
How is it a sensible idea to wipe out an entire city just to kill some people we did not like?
Intimidation. If someone where to target a few large city/capital in a nation chances are that that nation will surrender because the population will feel depressed and hopless about winning. Cruel but effective.
When there is war the victors write the history books. Thus they can glaze over most of the wrongdoings they do and say that the war was Necessary because the enemy was "bad/evil/dictator/whatever"
