People who say Nuclear Weapons cost lives
Outside of Japan, anyway.

Conventional weapons have killed so many more people it's barely funny. Look at Vietnam- there were horrific things done to that country that caused vastly more suffering than nuking them would. Cars are doing pretty well compared to nukes, too. So are mosquitos.

Can you name one person you knew who was killed by a nuke? No? How about someone who was shot / hit by a car / killed by a mosquito?

What we need next is an incredibly powerful bomb that wipes out every living thing within a certain radius then just stops- no fallout. That way it'd be quick and relatively painless and of far more military value than a nuke. Plus we'd have a reason to discourage other countries from using nukes!
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 15:22, 14 replies)

Isn't that the goal of a
neutron bomb?
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 15:41, closed)

Ah the neutron bomb..
Kills everyone within a 5 mile radius without damaging any buildings, created by an architect with no mates.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 15:49, closed)

Not quite
it's still a bomb- and the bigger ones are kiloton-sized. So they'll do a lot of damage over a short range.

I guess it's better, though.

The only way I can think of achieving something like this would be to have a dirty great killer-satellite blast an area with vast doses of gamma radiation / plasma / etc. Something that'll kill properly.

There was an idea a while ago of dropping steel rods from space- they'd accellerate to speeds that would let them rip through buildings and armoured vehicles.

Pretty much I'm not a fan of hurting people, but recognise that wars are something of a neccesary evil. So we might as well get building more effective killing machines rather than crap like land mines that are designed to incapacitate the enemy.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 16:09, closed)

I see a flaw in the plan . .
"There was an idea a while ago of dropping steel rods from space"

betcha when they 'dropped them' from space they all just floated away in different directions. Space has a very floaty feel to it you know...
(The Cats Twat, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 0:03, closed)

Gravity
Doesn't just stop where the atmosphere does. That's why satellites work.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 11:24, closed)

We need
Dr. Manhattan.
(powervator and NONE SHALL PASS, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 15:42, closed)

There's a partial truth in it...
Wars fought to stop them, etc, whatever?
(FunOnABun Smears lard on you!, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 16:07, closed)

small numbers of deaths over the cold war
and they're used as a cheap excuse to invade in some other conflicts.

It's still almost cetainly responsible for fewer deaths than the AK-47.
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 16:17, closed)

a "painless" bomb?
... then they'd drop them everywhere they could, whenever they liked, on whomever they chose.

Well, after all, they're "painless" bombs, aren't they. No reason not to use them.
(haberman is singing in the changes, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 16:23, closed)

Olivia Neutron Bomb of course
You are quite right though more people die every year from fork lift truck accidents than radiation poisoning (Even including chernobyl). A neutron bomb will cause a lot of damage over a fairly small area but will fatally irradiate a much larger area. BTW dying from radiation poisoning is not pretty it makes cancer look like the easy way out.
( Big Ian has stopped changing his sig, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 16:36, closed)

Can we
drop one in Jade Goody's garden then?
(magic the cat will someone please think of the kittens, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 23:27, closed)

?
...aren't these the kind of things 14 year olds think about?
(Mr.Dog was in love again on, Fri 20 Feb 2009, 18:42, closed)

I take it this is tongue in cheek.

( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Sat 21 Feb 2009, 11:21, closed)

NO
But I *do* know someone who was killed by a speeding bullet shot from a car driven by mosquitos, if that counts?

One day, I will avenge him.
(Zutroy started without you, Tue 24 Feb 2009, 5:49, closed)