nuclear bomb theory

[Thunder_Hawk]

Nuclear Fission startest when you shoot an electron into Urianium atom. The Urianium changes into 2 other atoms (can't remember what they are) and 2 Electrons. those electrons hit 2 more Urianuim atoms and starts the chain reaction. The Threat of a Nuclear War stopped NATO and WARSAW from attacking each other. Nuclear Weapons are just a Deterance. countries know we have the ability to attack with nuclear weapons so they know they can't mess around with america

[Rbstr]

man i can have hours of fun with the anarchist cookbook(never destroying anything thats no my own of course /covering ass form patriot act)

[Bighoss]

its a bit premature to say if they save lives or not. Lets say they've saved 50 million lives from simply preventing war... However, if you ever have the Nuclear powers pissed off enough those 50 million lives will become daily casulties. A huge Nuclear war could easily do 1billion and leave the world in a chaotic period for a few years before countries were able to reorganize and reconstruct.

[Rbstr]

nuclear war would also have the dual effect of enviormental damage, and TEchnology loss, as big cities would be targeted and thats were technological info is stored we would loose lots of stuff like computers (how to build them and the ones opperating, do to EMP) amd manufacturing, it could put us back to dark ages

[JetRaiden]

Originally Posted by Rbstr

nuclear war would also have the dual effect of enviormental damage, and TEchnology loss, as big cities would be targeted and thats were technological info is stored we would loose lots of stuff like computers (how to build them and the ones opperating, do to EMP) amd manufacturing, it could put us back to dark ages

shit son....I need to get a lead case for my computer or something. Im not gettin my harddrive fried because some asshats decide that they dont like eachother.

[Mr1337Duck]

No, while it would take a while, the world isn't centralized. It might throw us into something like the collapse from Deus Ex 2. We'd be there until we managed to rebuild. There's plenty of people who know how to manage economic functions, and books where it can be learned. The net would be toast for a few years, but it'd come back on soon enough.

[Rbstr]

you wouldn't have power for it to work though...

[Mr1337Duck]

There's power plants in every state. It would take a few years, but the same info is stored in so many places that it wouldn't take us more than a decade or two really effectively start rebuilding.

[MrPaul]

Nuclear Winter for teh lose. We'd be back on track soon enough, but the economical/ ecological loss would be enormous.

[MrVicchio]

Nukes kept the peace for 50 years. They continue to do so. Be glad we invented them

[Spider]

Originally Posted by MrVicchio

Nukes kept the peace for 50 years. They continue to do so. Be glad we invented them

I just hope when they stop keeping the peace that I won't be alive.

[JetRaiden]

Originally Posted by MrVicchio

Nukes kept the peace for 50 years. They continue to do so. Be glad we invented them

/me agrees. if MrVicchio says it, it must be right!

[MrVicchio]

Well think about it, what kept the USSR and NATO from going to war? MAD.

What keeps China from going into Siberia and taking the natural resources? MAD.

Whats kept arab countries from over running Isreal? Nukes.

What has kept NK from invading SK? Nukes.

Granted in areas like Vietnam, Iraq and the like where two nuclear powers do not face off there have been wars, the really BIG nasty fighting has not occured because no one is crazy enough to gamble thier country into ashes.

[Bighoss]

thats ONLY 50 years vich, an all out nuke war would make the rest of the wars avoided look like childs play. They have saved lifes but who knows how many they could take in return.

[OfaLoaf]

Has anyone here ever read "A Canticle for Leibowtz"? It has some... interesting ideas about what would happen after nuclear war.