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08-28-2011, 08:22 AM
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Yes, us Australians have these little things called "law" and "due process" which get in the way sometimes. Mind you, I prefer a few terrorists and spies slipping away than have an entire prison network set up to hold people simply suspected of doing something naughty. If the evidence is there to hold them though, I'm all for twenty foot high electrified razor wire and machinegun towers.
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08-28-2011, 09:59 AM
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I read somewhere once that a just society would rather let ten guilty men go free rather than punish one innocent man and a tyranny would rather let ten innocent men get punished rather than let a guilty one go free. I suppose all very noble until it gets personal...
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08-28-2011, 01:11 PM
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08-28-2011, 01:51 PM
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An interesting theory
If we postulate that France nukes the Mexican Oil Fields,
Does it not stand to reason the French would just as soon nuke the Venezuela oil as well? How about Chilean Copper Mines? I am sure the USSR took care of the Panama Canal, but just on speculation.. Of you REALLY want to crazy..... Nigerian Oil South African Diamonds Indonesian Oil If, as postulated above the French have 6 Boomers..... Say, 2 in port for R&R THat leaves 4.... One for each of the above target areas... Just a thought,,,,,  My $0.02 Mike Last edited by mikeo80; 08-28-2011 at 01:52 PM. Reason: Slight spelling error
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08-28-2011, 05:59 PM
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It's all very possible, however France might want to hold onto most of their warheads too given they're not officially at war with anyone.
Most of those targets could conceivably be targets for the actual belligerents and already be glowing by the time France feels the need to turn them into slag.
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08-29-2011, 02:59 PM
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France would only nuke targets not hit by the US, USSR, UK, or PRC. That's just a tautology. If one looks at the US, USSR, UK, and Canada target lists, the pattern seems to be predominantly command centers, refineries, industrial centers, a military facilities. Mines, like for Chilean copper, aren't very useful without an industrial center to use the copper. Ditto diamonds, since in the absence of a markets for jewelry the only other applications for diamonds are industrial. A single nuke can hit a single mine. A single nuke destroying a single city can render the productivity of whole industries inert. This is why the surgical exchange focused on EMP and refineries: they are the key stones of a modern industrial society.
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08-29-2011, 06:04 PM
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Very good points there. Take out the processing and distribution hubs and you shut everything down.
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives. Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect" Mors ante pudorem
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