Although banning nukes is unfeasible, what about defensive programs?
There's the typified satellites equipped with lasers, and shields. But what else could be feasible?
Canuck2012 (talk) 01:23, July 25, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012
Not much of anything - nor is the "lasers and shields" at all workable, either, with tech even in the near-future. Lordganon (talk) 01:25, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
Really? There couldn't be satellites that can shoot nuke out of the sky? I guess you could use an international squad of jet fighters or something...I'll have to put more research intothe matter.
Canuck2012 (talk) 01:29, July 25, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012
The tech for such things doesn't exist.
Jets are not efficient at shooting down nukes. And an international squadron of them for that purpose? Never happen.
Lordganon (talk) 03:27, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
... I guess a localized EMP from a sattelite might screw with the missiles guidance system. But that'd kill the sattelite too, and the nuke would land anywhere.
A laser might set off the blast in mid air, but that would, again, kill the sattelite- and it would probably not work.
Shield? Like Captain America? Cos Forcefields don't really exist...
The Royal Guns (talk) 08:28, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
Not impossible to screw with a nuked with a small EMP blast like that, but... the effects of EMP that far up are massive. Would do far more damage than it could ever be worth.
Lasers even close to being strong enough to manage that task are only just now being tested out, on the ground.
Lordganon (talk) 09:58, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
What about anti-ballistic missiles? Would probably do more damage, though...
But could people try to create some sort of thing that neutralizes the warhead? Or something that deactivates whatever system's on the missile?
Canuck2012 (talk) 18:41, July 25, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012
Anti-ballistic missiles are not all that effective. And the results rain debris on the ground below, too.
There is really no way to disable the warheads like that.
Lordganon (talk) 23:17, July 25, 2012 (UTC)
There has to be something that can be possible. Could there be a way to improve ABMs?
24.222.254.109 00:29, July 26, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012
Not really. Lordganon (talk) 00:39, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
Best way to win a nuclear war?
Don't have one.
THe best defense, after all is deterence.
The Royal Guns (talk) 07:19, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
Pretty much. Lordganon (talk) 07:21, July 26, 2012 (UTC)
By deterence, do you mean abstaining from use?
Sorry, but I've never come across the word!
Canuck2012 (talk) 21:13, July 26, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012
No... not quite, though the result is the same.
Basically, the reason the Cold war never became... hot... was because both sides knew that if they launched nukes... the others would too. MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction would occur. So, both sides were detered from lunching anything.
The Royal Guns (talk) 05:34, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
...Guns has it more or less spot on.
Slightly amazed you've never heard of that, Can.
Lordganon (talk) 07:53, July 27, 2012 (UTC)
I've heard of it, but I've never gotten an explanation.
Canuck2012 (talk) 17:57, July 27, 2012 (UTC)Canuck2012