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To: RMF who wrote (975438)

10/27/2016 12:30:24 PM

From: koan

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I am okay disagreeing about anything. I have no way knowing if what I said was true. It was just my opinion based on what I thought would happen if we had bombed Cuba. In my mind both countries had an equal ability to destroy the other and the world.

I just couldn't see how a slight superiority would matter when everyone was facing mutually assured destruction.

And as I have posted before, statisticians have warned that if we do not get rid of all nuclear weapons their prediction was that we will use them, sooner rather than later.

I am a big fan of statistics and believing what they say is probable, is probable.

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koan, we're going to have to agree to disagree on that.

Back then the Russians always played the percentages before they made any moves and the percentages didn't look very good to them and Weren't very good for them. I think it was a good move by Kennedy not to bomb Cuba.
But I don't think that was the main factor in keeping us out of a war at that time.

I think EVERYBODY would be happier if there weren't ANY nuclear weapons except for the countries that already have them.

What's Israel without nukes? A very small easily hit target for Iran without any deterrence to that attack.

What's Russia without nukes? A 3rd world country without any leverage.

What's Pakistan without nukes? A new neighborhood for India to move into.

I think Nukes eventually WILL be used. I just want to see myself and my Family get to live out their lives before that happens.

I think Trump NOT becoming President could be beneficial to that outcome.

To: RMF who wrote (975438)	10/27/2016 2:38:12 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575191

Russia reveals first photos of new 'super nuke' missiles capable of almost 'wiping out New York state' RS-28 Sarmat missiles replaces SS-18 Satan weapons in use since the Cold War Caroline Mortimer @cjmortimer Tuesday 25 October 2016 25 comments independent.co.uk Russia has unveiled its biggest ever nuclear missile which is said to be powerful enough to almost destroy an area the size of New York state with a single blast. President Vladimir Putin wants to replace the country’s ageing arsenal of SS-18 Satan weapons, which were originally commissioned by the USSR in 1974, with a new generation of RS-28 Sarmat super-missiles. The new weapons will come with up to 16 nuclear warheads according to pictures released by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. The missiles, which will go into service in 2018, will make the bombs which killed at least 129,000 people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of the Second World War look like “popguns”, according to one expert. Dr Paul Craig Roberts, former assistant secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, said in a blog post that the new class of missiles would be powerful enough to “wipes out three-fourths of New York state for thousands of years”. In a statement alongside the pictures, the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau told state controlled news agency Sputnik International: “In accordance with the Decree of the Russian Government ‘On the State Defense Order for 2010 and the planning period 2012-2013’, the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau was instructed to start design and development work on the Sarmat. “In June 2011, the Russian Ministry of Defense signed a state contract for the Sarmat's development. “The prospective strategic missile system is being developed in order to create an assured and effective nuclear deterrent for Russia's strategic forces.” It comes as tensions between Russia and the West are at their worst since the end of the Cold War over Russia’s conduct in Syria and Ukraine. Earlier this month, the Russian government launched a nationwide civil defence training exercise to ensure the country was prepared for a nuclear attack from the West. Zvezda TV, a news channel run by the country’s Defence Ministry, warned: “Schizophrenics from America are sharpening nuclear weapons for Moscow.” Over three days the exercise run by the Ministry for Civil Defence, Emergencies and Elimination of Consequences of Natural Disasters (EMERCOM) involved the participation of 200,000 emergency personnel and 40m Russian civilians.