[GonzoGOP]

Russia and China don’t need thousands or hundreds of nukes. Just one would be sufficient to completely destroy this country.

Yes, but an EMP needs to be launched on a rocket. A rocket gives you a launch point. A launch point gives you a target. And EMP doesn't do a darn thing to a submerged sub. So while one EMP will wreck the US economy, a hundred or so Trident II D5 missiles are going to wreck the whole day of whoever launched it.

[al baby]

Except Obama is downsizing our nuke force by 80 percent

[DuncanWaring]

A rocket gives you a launch point.

What if the launch point is a ratty old just-scuttled boat in the middle of the ocean?

[chessplayer]

Yes, but an EMP needs to be launched on a rocket. A rocket gives you a launch point. A launch point gives you a target. And EMP doesn’t do a darn thing to a submerged sub. So while one EMP will wreck the US economy, a hundred or so Trident II D5 missiles are going to wreck the whole day of whoever launched it.

---

If dumbo gets a 2nd term, we won’t have any nukes to retaliate with.

[chessplayer]

Yes, but an EMP needs to be launched on a rocket. A rocket gives you a launch point. A launch point gives you a target. And EMP doesn’t do a darn thing to a submerged sub. So while one EMP will wreck the US economy, a hundred or so Trident II D5 missiles are going to wreck the whole day of whoever launched it.

---

Besides, I doubt if Ahmadinejad would care if we destroyed Iran. He would probably welcome it. The world is far more dangerous and unstable than the Cold War of the 1960’s.