Everyone talks about what could happen if both Iran and North Korea’s nuclear program weren’t terminated and how there could be a nuclear exchange between the US and either Iran or North Korea. Nuclear weapons have been a great deterrent for the last sixty years, which has in a way, shielded us from the unthinkable. I don’t think that anyone would want to ever see another atomic weapon be used on a city. The results were horrifying!
However, I really don’t think the United States and the rest of the world shouldn’t worry about Iran and North Korea. Iran wants to have a few warheads because its government believes that Israel would launch a preemptive strike. Iran has just evened out the playing field if they indeed have a few warheads at their disposal. North Korea’s leader, as paranoid as he may be, wanted to make sure that the US would never make a move north of the 38th parralel. Having a couple of warheads has allowed him to think he has a protective cushion to protect himself from the “evil” American empire. In all of this, I am pretty sure the American military would be able to remove these weapons with surgical strikes against the depots where such weapons would be kept. A B-2, I imagine, would have no problems doing this during one quick hop beginning in Guam and finishing in Diego Garcia.
On the other hand, this is what everyone should really be afraid. There have been rumors that several nuclear warheads disappeared from several Russian bases and were never recovered (At least, that was the last I heard from this situation). What does that mean! In my humble opinion, someone with enough money could procure the ultimate weapon in terrorism. And what really freaks me out is the man that only wants the one weapon, not someone who is developing an entire arsenal! Cheers!
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