Overkill Much?

**dex71** · 05-04-10, 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by -Sauso-

The whole plans works! You guys can be the muscle and we'll keep sending you Oil, Water, Electricity, Uranium and Hockey players to fill your teams!

And don't forget Rush. Love me some Rush.......and Pam Anderson (the early years).
Thank You for Wayne Gretzky.....more than makes up for Celine Dion. Please take Bryan Adams back,though.

**Nuckle** · 05-04-10, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by SoySoldier

Those warheads are protecting our freedom. So what if hundreds of thousands of patriots die yearly from preventable causes; I want my money to go to missiles that protect our freedom!

Amen

**w4jchosen** · 05-04-10, 08:46 AM

Hey Sauso you have a guy holding a weapon in your sig

**-Sauso-** · 05-04-10, 11:00 AM

And i was in the military and served in Afghanistan, but ya don't see a stock pile of nuclear warheads in my sig

**Blakeman** · 05-04-10, 01:18 PM

Having nukes - ok.
Having more nukes than it would take to wipe out the earth - not ok.

I agree with being more efficient with our military budgets and being less pro active as far as use of military might.

**619summon** · 05-04-10, 01:44 PM

whats worse is the cost to "ready" house each of these missles yearly.

not to mention payload updates as technology improves.

In the 80's they were up to six war heads per missle, im sure the amout of missles lessens but the amout of warheads is close to the same.

**Imisnew2** · 05-04-10, 01:46 PM

Originally Posted by Blakeman

Having nukes - ok.
Having more nukes than it would take to wipe out the earth - not ok.

I agree with being more efficient with our military budgets and being less pro active as far as use of military might.

One of the US's nuclear submarines has the potential to destroy the surface of the earth several times over...
Just one...

**Nuckle** · 05-04-10, 01:51 PM

I see this no different than gun control. The crooks are just waiting for us to get rid of our weapons. In the end only the criminals will have nukes.

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

One of the US's nuclear submarines has the potential to destroy the surface of the earth several times over...
Just one...

Any data on that? I think that is a little strong.

**Imisnew2** · 05-04-10, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by Nuckle

I see this no different than gun control. The crooks are just waiting for us to get rid of our weapons. In the end only the criminals will have nukes.

Originally Posted by Imisnew2

One of the US's nuclear submarines has the potential to destroy the surface of the earth several times over...
Just one...

Any data on that? I think that is a little strong.

Just going off what one of my buddies (missile tech) said.
Since it's all top-secret junk, he said he couldn't repeat certain tid-bits of info.
He did show me, however, fake missiles. He pointed out which are which and whatnot, the largest being a D-something missile. Said they carry something like 24 of those (don't remember the exact number...).

Wiki says it (the missile) carries up to 8000km of nuclear warheads.

EDIT:

14 nuclear-powered SSBNs (ballistic missile submarines), each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as "Trident" submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad of the United States strategic nuclear weapons arsenal

Looks like I got the number right.