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Actually, chris2303,
a lot has changed. There are far more players, instead of the usual two-major and a few minor powers keeping tabs on one another and the world. The breakup of the Soviet Union provided a host of new potential nuclear powers, not just the Russians. The push for independence of regions around the world has provided a host of new regimes and governments to contend with. The rise of ultra-militant Islam and a legion of guerilla warlords throughout the world has increased the demand for a tactical nuclear device.
On a technical level, nuclear devices are smaller, more compact, deadlier, easier to handle and transport, no longer needing ballistic or ICBMs or long-range bombers to reach their intended target.
The one thing that hasn't changed, chris2303, is the rampant stupidity employed by the powers-that-be to deny proliferation. International diplomacy would actually be a great thing, a major tool to be used in restricting nuclear weapon testing, building, stockpiling, and obtaining -- if it were used. Threatening nations with economic sanctions and military intervention seem to be the only two types of "diplomacy" most countries engage in.
posted by
saul_relative
on April 2, 2005 at 8:19 AM
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saul_relative
Basically then, nothing's changed since the end of World War 2.
posted by
chris2303
on April 2, 2005 at 6:12 AM
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