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re: this kind of weapon is built mostly because somebody can

TAFKASE — 9/13/2007 6:57:31 PM (archived)

And that is effective as a psyc-ops propaganda tool because somebody else can't

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Does Anybody have any thoughts on the new Russian bomb? - TAFKASE - 9/12/2007 7:33:03 PM
- "Mine's bigger!" - TB - 9/14/2007 5:38:12 PM
- It's not a replacement or substitute for a nuke. - ER - 9/13/2007 2:54:08 PM
  - The catch... - TB - 9/13/2007 5:04:00 PM
    - re: this kind of weapon is built mostly because somebody can - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 6:57:31 PM
    - BTW... - TB - 9/13/2007 5:08:01 PM
      - You have a point. - ER - 9/13/2007 5:39:54 PM
- Not really. - TB - 9/12/2007 8:48:13 PM
  - Yeah, BOOOOOM-ski!!!!! - carl - 9/13/2007 6:24:15 PM
  - I don't think they'll use it any more than we use the MOAB - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:53:57 PM
- Look at it as part of a broader perspective. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/12/2007 8:47:33 PM
  - Maybe. But things change gradually. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:46:15 PM
- Certainly doesn't worry me - azstrummer - 9/12/2007 7:50:47 PM
  - Not necessessarilly. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:32:32 PM
    - P.S. Such weapons also pave the way for a future nuclear weapons ban. - TAFKASE - 9/13/2007 1:35:57 PM

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