asok ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Michael Baier <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message : news:<[log in to unmask]>... : > Chuck, you are right about that. : > They don't have the money but definetly this guy is full of it. : > : > I have not heard so much bull from 1 guy in 1 day in a long time. : > There is more to a super-power than having nuclear weapons. : > I for myself think, as long as people die of hunger in India and Pakistan : > and they ask the rest of the world for help, they are a 3rd world and not : > a super-power. : > The rest of the world should not help them unless they destroy their : > nuclear weapons. : > But those are my thoughts. : > ...skip... : : Well..It looks like you are still suffering the hangover : from the "US-The Superpower" party which came to an abrupt end : on May,11th 1998. Why didn't it come to an end when France or Israel added nuclear weapons to their arsenals ? The current strategic picture of the world is much more complex : than you will imagine. For example it may very well be that the only : force preventing Pakistan from making a mince meat out of US : is India's nuclear force. : If any country managed to "make mincemeat" out of the U.S., it would still have to contend with the 18 nuclear submarines each carrying 24 missiles. Those 18 submarines carry 50% of the total U.S. warheads: http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/factfile/ships/ship-ssbn.html Navy Fact File: Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines How many nuclear missile submarines does India and Pakistan have ? --Jerry Leslie (my opinions are strictly my own) Note: [log in to unmask] is invalid for email * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *