Threat of Nuclear War

Giveaway · 27-02-2019 08:59PM #1

I know this is mostly sabre rattling on behalf of the belligerents but i worry that with two such populace nations and 300 nukes between them(by and large not fusion weapons), may have decided there is an acceptable level of casualties. For example India with a population of 1.4 billion may decide 150 fission nukes would kill less than 2% of their population. This is a very scarey thought and similar ideas were probably bounced around during the cold war.

LessOutragePlz · 27-02-2019 09:03PM

Just send trump there to negotiate a truce between the 2 countries since he's been doing a great job in North Korea so far.

Ariadne · 27-02-2019 09:03PM

Sure we have our gone off iodine tablets, be grand :pac:

buried · 27-02-2019 09:06PM

Some eegit is going to let them things fly at some stage. The very fact these things exist and everybody is grand about it, is and always was the most frightening thing about those yokes.

Giveaway · 27-02-2019 09:06PM

Berties_Horse wrote: »

There is no acceptable level of casualties.

to normal decent people from all societies and creeds this is true. But the calculation has been made time and time again throughout history. Mutually assured destruction kept the peace but neither Pakistan nor India face mutually assured destruction if they decide to go nuclear

kneemos · 27-02-2019 09:06PM

Disparity in weight division there in fairness.

Don't think either of them have a headbanger for a leader though.

Pinch Flat · 27-02-2019 09:08PM

I’m stocking up on spam and trapping squirrels

Gatling · 27-02-2019 09:08PM

Cheerful is that you

Giveaway · 27-02-2019 09:10PM

buried wrote: »

Some eegit is going to let them things fly at some stage. The very fact these things exist and everybody is grand about it, is and always was the most frightening thing about those yokes.

And Pakistan is so afraid of a first strike knocking out their nuclear capabilities, large numbers of their nukes are mobile on public roads(with escort of course). This in a country where large swathes of territory are under islamist control too

Kermit.de.frog · 27-02-2019 09:11PM

Another succesful partition by the British Empire.

buried · 27-02-2019 09:11PM

This is why I buys me vinyl records. When them things go flying I can bury meself underneath the pile of vinyl, then when the $hit clears I can play me bendy melty warped music without need for an electrical power source and have the only pile of rubble in town where a party can go down

Signore Fancy Pants · 27-02-2019 09:12PM

Id be more worried about the guys (Iran/N.Korea) who are already 50/50 with launching nukes.

The ones who are looking for "someone to go first", then it opens up the flood gates.

Not beyond the realm of possibility.

Giveaway · 27-02-2019 09:12PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

Another succesful partition by the British Empire.

don;t forget to blame Ghandi's successors on both sides of the divide too

buried · 27-02-2019 09:15PM

buried · 27-02-2019 09:27PM

The auld Trinity test on the plains of the 'Jornado del Muerta' - The Journey of Death, was lovingly re-created on the new season of Twin Peaks I just finished again recently. "Let there be light" Shure what could go wrong with something that the great man Winston Churchill described as "The Second coming of Wrath"

Odhinn · 27-02-2019 09:31PM

Dale Doback wrote: »

Id be more worried about the guys (Iran/N.Korea) who are already 50/50 with launching nukes.

The ones who are looking for "someone to go first", then it opens up the flood gates.

Not beyond the realm of possibility.

Iran don't have any.

harrylittle · 27-02-2019 09:33PM

I wonder is the troubles in india something to do with this message .

" - February 26, 2019
Thus saith the Lord, THE TIME AT HAND IS HERE! I will now move My armies into place, for the Time of War is here! Look not to the East or West, but the arrows will come from the North! I have sent out warning after warning! I have wept many tears over this nation as she has turned her back to Me! I AM COMING, AND I WILL SHAKE THE ENTIRE WORLD!!!

My son, the days of indecision are now here. Many have heard the warnings and prepared their houses, but much more have not. Those in the sleeping Church will be caught off guard, and many will perish and many will deny Me!

WATCH!!I SAY, WATCH!! FOR THE YOUNG PRINCE IS NOW ON THE STAGE, AND HE WILL DECEIVE ALL INTO FOLLOWING HIS PLAN!! PREPARE!! FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, I AM ABOUT TO BREAK THE FIRST SEAL, AND ALL THE WORLD WILL CHANGE IN ONE DAY!! I WILL GATHER MINE UNTO ME, AND THE TIME OF HARVEST WILL BEGIN!!!

My son, I have revealed to you the secrets to share with My Remnant, for they are the only ones who will hear! Be ready to feel My strong hands snatching those I will use during My Great Harvest!

TIME IS NOW!! Stay in My Word! Do not get sidetracked by lying spirits telling you it is not time! I say, I AM TIME, AND I AM COMING!!! Tell people to repent before it is too late! People will not hear when they are fighting to survive!

REPENT!!! REPENT!!! FOR NOW IS THE TIME!!! I love you! "
Amen.
Messiah Jesus

Feisar · 27-02-2019 09:36PM

Succubus_ wrote: »

Sure we have our gone off iodine tablets, be grand :pac:

There must be an Irish version of Godwin's Law.

"Any Nuclear Thread in After Hours will have iodine mentioned in the first page."

Feisar's Law.

Odhinn · 27-02-2019 09:39PM

harrylittle wrote: »

I wonder is the troubles in india something to do with this message .

.............................

You ever wonder why these messages are just a bit on the vague side?

antodeco · 27-02-2019 09:44PM

Is there such a thing as a Pakistani take away in Dublin? Would like to try the food.

Ulysses Gaze · 27-02-2019 09:46PM

antodeco wrote: »

Is there such a thing as a Pakistani take away in Dublin? Would like to try the food.

Bombay Pantry

Hande hoche! · 27-02-2019 09:48PM

antodeco wrote: »

Is there such a thing as a Pakistani take away in Dublin? Would like to try the food.

Would the former East Pakistan do? Apparently quite a few of the "Indian" restaurants are run by Bangladeshis.

gozunda · 27-02-2019 09:48PM

antodeco wrote: »

Is there such a thing as a Pakistani take away in Dublin? Would like to try the food.

Is that before it's to late to do so? :pac:

Ministry of Silly Walks crossed with Riverdance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLxjcVdegO8

Who allowed this pair to play with nuclear weapons :eek:

Signore Fancy Pants · 27-02-2019 09:50PM

Odhinn wrote: »

Iran don't have any.

True, they dont actually have their finger on a button ready to go.

They have historical intent and the potential future capability if the JCPOA fails.

A healthy level of scepticism is what some people have when it comes to Iran+Nuclear.

They like "loopholes" and giving mini overt concessions while opting for the least worst option which makes them look like they are co-operating.

Back on point, I feel that if someone uses nuclear weapons, opportunists out there might follow suit as its more than likely that it will be a now or never scenario.

27-02-2019 09:51PM

It's been a very slow week. Could they fire a few up to space and blast the shite out of one another there, in some kind of robot death wars?

That would hurry my week along nicely.

Franz Von Peppercorn · 27-02-2019 09:53PM

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Bombay Pantry

That’s gotta be Indian.

I don’t think that any nukes will fly here but remember if some do, they all do.

Benny Biscotti · 27-02-2019 09:54PM

I believe it started when one Pakistani official in India declared "My moustache is bigger than yours"

Wibbs · 27-02-2019 09:56PM

Remember folks!

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

Del.Monte · 27-02-2019 09:57PM

As somebody 'famous' once said, no two countries that play cricket would ever go to war with each other or it could have been no two countries with a McDonald's.