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i agree there's much more risk of a nuclear incident now than anytime since the early 60s. but there is not the same risk of an apocalyptic world ending exchange. that's only gonna reemege if russia goes back to communism/fascism which could happen.
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Yeah I agree , but in a perverse way it did seem more stable then. The amount of weaponry by the 70s/80s meant that neither side could launch a first strike, and be certain of taking out enough to limit any retaliation, whereas the reduced numbers now, make this a possibility.
Regards CND, the major flaw in their argument for me, was that you cannot uninvent these weapons. Never convinced about the UKs need to maintain them, especially at the cost ( reduced our conventional forces never mind the number of hospitals etc the money could have been used for )