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Originally Posted by RN7
I think the problem with nukes into orbit would be the Outer Space Treaty signed by the USA, USSR and the UK in 1967, and later signed by all other nuclear armed states such as China, France, India, Israel and Pakistan, as most of the rest of the world as well.
The Outer Space Treaty bars states party to the treaty from placing nuclear weapons of any kind or any other weapons of mass destruction in Earth orbit, installing them on the Moon or any other celestial body, or to otherwise station them in outer space. It expressly prohibits the use of nuclear weapons for testing weapons of any kind, conducting military manoevers, or establishing military installations.
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I agree that the Outer Space Treaty was in place. However the USSR had starting chucking nukes at China, then elsewhere as T2K unfolded. All I am suggesting is that the ICBM's listed above would not have gone into orbit, just high enough to detonate and wipe the sky clean. As I also suggested, this is a MAD type of scenario. ..(I.E. Kill them all, let God sort them out...)
My $0.02
Mike