nuclear deterrents

[billy]

I have to chuckle at thinning out the planet, who goes first?, any takers?? Thats ridiculous and more the point of having nukes is supposed to be to protect those that have them from people with idea's like that. Sad fact is that we the people never build anything that we do not intend to use in the first place. When it becomes financially feasible to use a nuke to gain a substantial profit it will be used again.
Safest place to be i think is where ever there is no human life at present thriving as this would not be a target. Deep under ground would be prefered but at a cost few can afford.
If you start digging now, you may end up safe!

i said it more from a naturalists point of view :p
maybe if it happened just enough would survive to start over. i doubt it would take long to get back to where we are technology wise. whilst we'd have a fair bit of radiation the earth would have a chance to heal itself.
of course. no one wants to see billions die. the sane people wouldn't fire a nike but the likes of iran, and possibly isreal, along with N. korea might. specially n. korea, kim would do it as a farewell gift to the west lol.