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Old 12th Aug 2015, 05:40
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Not_a_boffin
 
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Originally Posted by Courtney Mil


NAB,

I would hope we only fire nukes at SPECIFIED targets.
Oh absolutely. I was just pointing out that for some of the supporters of an A/L option, the approach appeared to be strap the bucket on the cab and jobza guddun, hey presto credible deterrent, rather than any consideration of value, time criticality, defences, vulnerability and so forth.

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