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mick063

(2,424 posts) Sun Feb 19, 2012, 05:04 PM Feb 2012

Missions for Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War. [View all]

Written by the Federation of American Scientists.

http://www.fas.org/pubs/_docs/01282005175922.pdf

Very interesting read.

From a military doctrine standpoint, precision weapons are increasingly making nukes obsolete.

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Missions for Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War. [View all] mick063 Feb 2012 OP

Unless of course you don't have nukes.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #1

The report addresses that mick063 Feb 2012 #2

Really? Fumesucker Feb 2012 #4

So ... nukes for everybody? 11 Bravo Feb 2012 #3

I'm old enough to remember hiding under my desk in school during nuclear drills.. Fumesucker Feb 2012 #5