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NutmegYankee

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1. I don't get the panic.

Reply to zooks (Original post)

Thu Dec 27, 2018, 07:25 PM

Dec 2018

The news was making a big deal about launching nukes, but we have submarines. It doesn’t matter if the missile is faster, any use is still MAD.

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People need to take a deep breath before buying into crap about new Russian missiles [View all] zooks Dec 2018 OP

I don't get the panic. NutmegYankee Dec 2018 #1

I worry about extremists getting their hands on material zooks Dec 2018 #7

I was thinking it must be MIC feeding time again nt guruoo Dec 2018 #2

Even a Scud missile -- with a nuclear warhead -- will work if it comes down to it. Hoyt Dec 2018 #3

I recall the run up to Desert Storm and all the reports Sherman A1 Dec 2018 #4

Par for the course eh. It'd be interesting to see a list zooks Dec 2018 #5

And this changes MAD how? GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #6

It doesn't change MAD. Concern over this new weapon zooks Dec 2018 #8

That. Or even more funds for the MIC. GulfCoast66 Dec 2018 #9

massive cannon? Project Babylon Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #10

Real maybe but Saddam never used it zooks Dec 2018 #11

Don't always have to use a weapon for it to be effective. Kaleva Dec 2018 #12

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