Would you press the button?

Blisterman · 30-08-2011 8:11pm #1

Picture the scene. You're the president of a major superpower, suddenly all your screens start flashing at once. There's a barrage of intercontinental nuclear missiles heading towards your country from your rival superpower.

These are all independent detection systems, so there's no doubt about it, you and your country is about to be annihalated. You have only a brief moment to make your decision. Do you strike back?

DeVore · 30-08-2011 8:12pm

4,8,15,16,23,42

DeV.

Chuck Stone · 30-08-2011 8:12pm

Ah sure why not.

Basq · 30-08-2011 8:13pm

DeVore wrote: »

4,8,15,16,23,42

Des.

FYP!

Kiera · 30-08-2011 8:14pm

Well if everyone is going to be killed anyway you might as well go out fighting.

Bipolar Joe · 30-08-2011 8:14pm

Nope. If I was President of a super power, I would probably deserve it.

FunkZ · 30-08-2011 8:15pm

I'd press all three buttons and then dial that shiz...

'Hello Garda, do you have a spare minute?'.

Antisocialiser · 30-08-2011 8:15pm

Not with nuclear missiles. Just blast with piss.

Logical Fallacy · 30-08-2011 8:15pm

Blisterman wrote: »

Picture the scene. You're the president of a major superpower, suddenly all your screens start flashing at once. There's a barrage of intercontinental nuclear missiles heading towards your country from your rival superpower.

These are all independent detection systems, so there's no doubt about it, you and your country is about to be annihalated. You have only a brief moment to make your decision. Do you strike back?

If i know for an absolute certainty?

Yes, of course i do.

But i make sure at least one missile hits the Vatican.

B_Fanatic · 30-08-2011 8:19pm

... I'm the only person that said no? Then again... Is it an evil superpower? Maybe I should so there are none left

Ghandee · 30-08-2011 8:20pm

KeithAFC · 30-08-2011 8:21pm

Yes I would. Die in the last ditch and all that.

Ghandee · 30-08-2011 8:24pm

KeithAFC wrote: »

Yes I would. Die in the last ditch and all that.

What if the missile was on direct course with Harryville/Tigers bay etc :eek:

im invisible · 30-08-2011 8:25pm

Would you like to play again?

Doublechinlolz · 30-08-2011 8:27pm

This thread is stupid.. That story was stupid.. The poll was stupid.. But i voted yes.

Where To · 30-08-2011 8:28pm

You haven't told us what the button does?

Snakeblood · 30-08-2011 8:28pm

Blisterman wrote: »

Picture the scene. You're the president of a major superpower, suddenly all your screens start flashing at once. There's a barrage of intercontinental nuclear missiles heading towards your country from your rival superpower.

These are all independent detection systems, so there's no doubt about it, you and your country is about to be annihalated. You have only a brief moment to make your decision. Do you strike back?

I'd detonate the missiles in my own country. Rob him of his victory. Plus immortality as a ****ing cretin.

KeithAFC · 30-08-2011 8:28pm

Ghandee wrote: »

What if the missile was on direct course with Harryville/Tigers bay etc :eek:

:pac:

McCruiskeen · 30-08-2011 8:29pm

You are the president of a superpower. You have done something to piss off another superpower to such an extent that they are willing to wipe out the human race just to get back at you.

You are obviously a stubborn cock.

You are obviously gonna push the button!.

Wetai · 30-08-2011 8:29pm

bazza1 · 30-08-2011 8:29pm

Blast them with....nah...press the button! Twice!

Bonavox · 30-08-2011 8:30pm

where do i go from here wrote: »

You haven't told us what the button does?

He did, he said it strikes back. I chose yes, by the way.

orourkeda · 30-08-2011 8:30pm

press this button

www.instantrimshot.com

Conor108 · 30-08-2011 8:32pm

The only winning move is not to play!

orangebud · 30-08-2011 8:33pm

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станислав Евграфович Петров; born c. 1939) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who deviated from standard Soviet protocol by correctly identifying a missile attack warning as a false alarm on September 26, 1983.[1] This decision may have prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its Western allies. Investigation of the satellite warning system later confirmed that the system had malfunctioned.

cheers mate

DjFlin · 30-08-2011 8:34pm

If I'm going out, I'm taking as many people with me as possible. Innocent or not. I don't want to get lonely in Hell.

Cork boy 55 · 30-08-2011 8:38pm

Happen to Borris Yeltsin in 1995 , he picked no.

The incident started when a team of Norwegian and American scientists launched a Black Brant XII four-stage sounding rocket from the Andøya Rocket Range off the northwest coast of Norway
As the rocket climbed, it was detected by the Olenegorsk early warning radar station in Russia. To the radar operators, the rocket appeared similar in speed and flight pattern to a U.S. submarine-launched Trident missile, leading the Russian military to initially misinterpret the rocket's trajectory as representing the precursor to a possible attack by missiles from submarines.
This event resulted in a full alert being passed up through the military chain of command all the way to President Boris Yeltsin, who was notified immediately and the "nuclear briefcase" (known in Russia as Cheget) used to authorize nuclear launch was automatically activated. It is reported that President Boris Yeltsin activated his "nuclear keys" for the first time in his tenure. No warning was issued to the Russian populace of any incident; it was reported in the news a week afterward.
Russian doctrine reportedly allowed Yeltsin ten minutes from the time of detection to decide on a course of action. Russian observers were quickly able to determine that the rocket was heading away from Russian airspace and was not a threat. Reports differ greatly as to whether or not Yeltsin came close to authorizing an attack, but the general consensus is that Yeltsin was able to conclude that there was no basis for attack, and therefore no danger. The rocket fell to earth as planned.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_rocket_incident

Blisterman · 30-08-2011 8:59pm

Personally I wouldn't. I've nothing to gain from it, and it'd just cause more human suffering.

But don't tell them that.

Latchy · 30-08-2011 9:13pm

'' We'll fight them on the beachs '' ....

What ...you mean there will be no beaches left to fight on ? :eek:

If time allowed , I would try change the trajectory of my missiles so as to collide with the incoming ones in the hope that it would lessen the the % of population killed but with only minutes to make a decision that's not going to be easy .

biko · 30-08-2011 9:21pm

I'd press the button the second they made me prez, just in case like...

im invisible · 30-08-2011 9:27pm

im invisible wrote: »

Would you like to play again?

sorry, i meant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecPeSmF_ikc

4leto · 30-08-2011 9:28pm

I watched a doco "Countdown to zero" about the world nuclear arsenal and you have no idea how many times it nearly happened.

But the closest was 1986 the Norwegians informed the Russians they were launching a rocket to study the northern lights but the message never got passed on.

So the alerts all lit up and Yeltsin was given the football to launch a counterstrike but he refused.

And then the general telling the story gave the quote of all time.

"He wasn't drunk at that time"

im invisible · 30-08-2011 9:29pm

LiamN wrote: »

<sugababes>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2hzVV2Nwfs

30-08-2011 9:29pm

Aw, I though it was a button to get me the f*ck outta there and leave everyone else to perish.

I'd press that button.

Micky Dolenz · 30-08-2011 9:33pm

Best thing about this thread is the music.

I'd probably make myself a last cup of tea and then push the button.

30-08-2011 9:37pm

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

Best thing about this thread is the music.

I'd probably make myself a last cup of tea and then push the button.

You might need one of these

bnt · 30-08-2011 9:52pm

Nah. What's the point if I'm not going to live to see the results?

The whole Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) business really made world leaders wonder what the whole point of war was. If Russia had carpet-nuked the USA, or vice versa ... what then? The land would be radioactive for centuries, no use to the victors. It re-opened the question of what a "win" would mean. Shouldn't a "win" be worth something to the winner?

Gummy Panda · 30-08-2011 9:53pm

Can I press the button even if their are no enemy missiles launched?

Mike 1972 · 31-08-2011 12:37am

4leto wrote: »

But the closest was 1986 the Norwegians informed the Russians they were launching a rocket to study the northern lights but the message never got passed on.

Thought the closest was 1962 (Cuban Missile Crisis) Followed by 1983 (Able Archer)

davetherave · 31-08-2011 12:47am

Nope, if my (and my countries) demise is imminent and inevitable then what is the point of inflicting more destruction and death on the world?

Kojak · 31-08-2011 1:34am

I'd press the * button, followed by the # button, 07 and then press # again.

That would work..

housetypeb · 31-08-2011 1:49am

davetherave wrote: »

Nope, if my (and my countries) demise is imminent and inevitable then what is the point of inflicting more destruction and death on the world?

That's what the enemy is counting on,they've done their homework on the way you think.
They attack and you do nothing-they win,you lose.
They attack and you launch everything you've got,they lose,you lose.
In the above scenario you lose every time while they win 50%% of the time.
Now, if you should attack them you have a 50% chance of winning-but of course they know that,and will launch everything anyway.
There is a reason it's called mutually assured destruction.

KnifeWRENCH · 31-08-2011 1:58am

LiamN wrote: »

Prefer this one myself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbpjw3_EZM

Riddle101 · 31-08-2011 2:39am

I damn sure would strike back, i'd freaking launch every single Nuke I had, and not just at my attackers but the rest of the world too. If i'm going down, i'm taking everyone with me

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punk77 · 31-08-2011 2:43am

Will someone please press the f**king button and then I wouldn't have to be up at 8.

--Kaiser-- · 31-08-2011 9:16am

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Prefer this one myself:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbpjw3_EZM

This one for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac2EjcaFM2I

Snakeblood · 31-08-2011 10:31am

davetherave wrote: »

Nope, if my (and my countries) demise is imminent and inevitable then what is the point of inflicting more destruction and death on the world?

so the BLOODY FIST OF JUSTICE can strike back from hell and drag them down with you.

31-08-2011 10:40am

I have this weird habit where I can't not push buttons in front of me, so I'd do it the second I get in the room. Particularly if it's red.

davetherave · 31-08-2011 10:41am

housetypeb wrote: »

That's what the enemy is counting on,they've done their homework on the way you think.
They attack and you do nothing-they win,you lose.
They attack and you launch everything you've got,they lose,you lose.
In the above scenario you lose every time while they win 50%% of the time.
Now, if you should attack them you have a 50% chance of winning-but of course they know that,and will launch everything anyway.
There is a reason it's called mutually assured destruction.

Those crafty devils!!

Snakeblood wrote: »

so the BLOODY FIST OF JUSTICE can strike back from hell and drag them down with you.

Right lads, push that button. Let those commies burn!!

mconigol · 31-08-2011 3:58pm

I'd probably do this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MILArKLKUEk

Mike 1972 · 31-08-2011 5:59pm

housetypeb wrote: »

That's what the enemy is counting on,they've done their homework on the way you think.
They attack and you do nothing-they win,you lose.
They attack and you launch everything you've got,they lose,you lose..

If one superpower were to set off enough weapons to anhilate a rival superpower this and this would ensure that ultimately everyone would lose.

Theres almost a humanitarian case under such circumstances for firing off everything one has got to spare as many people as possible life in the aftermath.

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