Nuclear proliferation is a major threat

[theCandyman]

Do you absolutely have to quote the sources you post? I was not yet alive in 1979, but I have been around here for this thread and I reiterate russ_watters's question: why have you brought this subject up?

 

[russ_watters]

The proposed star wars missle defense system will use nuclear power.
With all the junk already up there, what do you think?

The first article didn't mention star wars and I still don't see the relevance. I don't see a connection between nuclear power in space and space junk. Can you explain it to me?

If you REALLY
cared about nuclear non-proliferation, where were you in 1979 when Dr. Roy
released his Roy Process invention to the press?

I was 4, but hey, I'm all for reprocessing - but I don't see how that's relevant to nonproliferation. Frankly, I find it hard to reconcile your opinion on the Roy Process with your opinion of nuclear weapons and nuclear power in general. If we could completely neutralize nuclear waste, that would render moot one of your primary objections to nuclear power.

 

[theroyprocess]

Russ,
This is the title to this thread "nuclear proliferation is a major threat ".
That you can't see the connection of my post...is really scary if you claim
any knowledge of these issues. But that's the style nowadays!


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[russ_watters]

Russ,
This is the title to this thread "nuclear proliferation is a major threat ".
That you can't see the connection of my post...is really scary if you claim
any knowledge of these issues. But that's the style nowadays!

Setting aside the fact that "nuclear proliferation" referrs to nuclear weapons (I realize you don't distinguish between nuclear weapons and nuclear power), that still doesn't explain what paint chips in space have to do with nuclear power. Please explain.

edit: theroyprocess, the last thread was closed (not by me) because your propensity for spamming and never making a point of your own. Please make your point, otherwise, you will force the closure of this thread as well. This is, after all, a discussion forum, not a spamming forum.

 

[juju]

Hi,

To reduce nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat, I think that first some way has to be found to change or at least adequately control the baser human instincts.

juju

 

[selfAdjoint]

Hi,

To reduce nuclear weapons and the nuclear threat, I think that first some way has to be found to change or at least adequately control the baser human instincts.

juju

Pardon me if I don't think that will happen soon enough. My estimate of the time till some terrorist organization has a nuke is less than ten years.

 

[juju]

Hi SelfAdjoint,

I was speaking of a longer term general process.

In the case of terrorists, the only solution is to get them before they get you. That's the hard truth. They are willing to die to kill as many as possible, so all that one can do is to make sure they die before they can kill others.

juju

 

[jdlech]

In the case of terrorists, the only solution is to get them before they get you. That's the hard truth. They are willing to die to kill as many as possible, so all that one can do is to make sure they die before they can kill others.

You forgot the other side of that coin. We must also act to prevent people from becoming terrorists in the first place. It does no good to neutralize terrorists when your methods of neutralization contributes to their creation.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying we need to do both.

 

[juju]

You forgot the other side of that coin. We must also act to prevent people from becoming terrorists in the first place. It does no good to neutralize terrorists when your methods of neutralization contributes to their creation.
I'm not saying you're wrong. I'm saying we need to do both.

I agree. Political economic and social reform in those areas that breed terrorism will be necessary.

juju

 

[Gaijin]

why we can't stop proliferation(for now at least)

I think that basic faults in human nature are the cause for war. ie greed, jelosy, maniac suicidal kill everyone when you go down syndrome, and others.

so the MAD idea of deterance only works so well, there are always people who are crazy and don't care about human life, their own life or the survival or the Human race that will always hurt others and nuclear wepeons magnify their threat.

Unfortunatley in our current state, we(the world) are not goingto beable to stop all wars. The countries, peoples, religions, etc of the world are too different and uncopatible and are naturally antagonist toward each other. the only way to stop all war (or at least most of it) would be for Humanity to unite, either by itself(unlikely) or in the face of a overarching world ending problem, sucha as a world ending asteriod, massive and claticlismic war, the destruction of the environment, or even an alien invasion (very, very unlikely but still thought provoking). unforunatley the world seems to be heading more toward the seccond set rather than the first.

other than that, the only way to stop the main threat of world-ending nuclear war would be to create some kind of space based global defence against misslies. that still wouldn't stop single, portioble nukes being used by terrorists.

there that what i think about that, just kindof joind this thread so I am not shure how relevant to it this is.