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S.Korea Needs to Consider Acquiring Nuclear Weapons
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JustinC



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Has Korea got its own Harry Truman? Let's hope not.
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comm



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Kuros wrote:
The int'l community knows that the NPT is not the last word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty wrote:
Annex 2 states are those that formally participated in the 1996 Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at the time.[9] Eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United States have already signed the Treaty, whereas India, North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it. The treaty will come into force only with the signature and ratification of the above Annex 2 states of the treaty, 180 days after they have all deposited their instruments of ratification.

So as soon as China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the U.S. ratify it, it will go into effect. I'm sure all of those countries will happily get right on that.
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northway



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
comm wrote:
Kuros wrote:
The int'l community knows that the NPT is not the last word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty wrote:
Annex 2 states are those that formally participated in the 1996 Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at the time.[9] Eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United States have already signed the Treaty, whereas India, North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it. The treaty will come into force only with the signature and ratification of the above Annex 2 states of the treaty, 180 days after they have all deposited their instruments of ratification.

So as soon as China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the U.S. ratify it, it will go into effect. I'm sure all of those countries will happily get right on that.


Right. I don't really see that as solving the problem.
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Kuros



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 12, 2012 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
comm wrote:
Kuros wrote:
The int'l community knows that the NPT is not the last word: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty wrote:
Annex 2 states are those that formally participated in the 1996 Conference on Disarmament and possessed nuclear power or research reactors at the time.[9] Eight Annex 2 states have not ratified the treaty: China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the United States have already signed the Treaty, whereas India, North Korea and Pakistan have not signed it. The treaty will come into force only with the signature and ratification of the above Annex 2 states of the treaty, 180 days after they have all deposited their instruments of ratification.

So as soon as China, Egypt, Iran, Israel and the U.S. ratify it, it will go into effect. I'm sure all of those countries will happily get right on that.


Yeah, well, you now have a clearer view of the countries that are holding things back. Until the Test Ban Treaty is ratified, or another treaty put into place, the NPT is a far better alternative than giving every little state nuclear weapons.

Anyway, those eight countries listed are definitely the int'l community's bad actors.
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Titus



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
When the Empire falls Korea, Japan, and Vietnam will acquire nuclear weapons. It's inevitable. It's really unfortunate and these weapons will probably end our species but it's going to happen.
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ajosshi



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Titus wrote:
When the Empire falls Korea, Japan, and Vietnam will acquire nuclear weapons. It's inevitable. It's really unfortunate and these weapons will probably end our species but it's going to happen.


"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." --Albert Einstein
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Titus



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 14, 2012 12:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
...said the guy who helped invent the atomic bomb.

He's right.
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