Originally posted by Luke
It seems like everyday you hear about countries on the news supposedly developing nuclear weapons, like Iran and North Korea. These countries are saying that these nuclear "experiments" are for peaceful purposes. I would like other members' opinions on this issue. Do these countries developing nuclear weapons pose a threat to the civilized world as we know it?
North Korea already has Nukes and has openly tested them 5 yrs ago.
They are crazy but secular and mainly interested in their own situation, and China has strategic interests in their control.
Iran is another issue. They are oil rich and have no strategic reason to desire Nuclear power for anything other than making a bomb.
Their leadership is questionable on its ability or desire to keep them under control.
It completely destablizes the entire region and could mean the end of a major western city, if they let one out of their control.
Israel certainly has the right to be paranoid over it. Their entire country could be destroyed with one blast.
The whole idea of them getting one or several scares the shit out of me and is the only real fear of a Nuclear attack happening in the next 50 yrs.
Time will tell, but I hope the rest of the world powers prevent them from getting one.