I mean if I was a terrorist would i be willing to destroy an entire planet? Even if I didnt care if I died or anyone died but to annihilate a whole world..Could or would someone have the guts to do this???
2007-12-30 12:41:55 · 19 answers · asked by coasterrider1 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I grew up during the height of the Cold War. As a teenager, I was convinced that the whole purpose of America's federal government was the total destruction of the human race, simply to prevent any Communist or atheist country from ever having a chance to legitimately succeed. "Better dead than Red" was virtually our national motto. Countless billions were squandered to insure that we had enough nuclear weaponry to destroy every person on this planet, with an over-kill factor of twenty. The Soviets lost the Cold War because they could only kill everybody ten times over. The utter madness of Mutual Assured Destruction convinced me that humanity would inevitably cause its own extinction. So far, I've seen nothing to convince me that our species has any chance of surviving its own adolescence.
You've asked if terrorists would destroy the world, if they had the means. They most certainly would. ...especially if their motives were religious. There is nothing more dangerous to the survival of our species than the ignorant religious and political idealism of our fellow human beings.
EDIT: Sorry, I don't know how I ended up in this section, but I've decided to let my answer stand. It is the truth, as I lived it.
2007-12-31 03:43:58 · answer #1 · answered by Diogenes 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. there exchange into an apprehension of a catastrophic chain-reaction brought about by utilizing the preliminary atomic bombs used in worldwide conflict II that in the event that they exploded on the floor, they might reason a chain-reaction that theoretically might desire to've destroyed the planet by utilizing destroying key factors interior the floor. whilst the two the try bomb and the bomb over Nagasaki denoted in an "air-burst" (above the floor), the bomb dropped on Hiroshima certainly hit the floor and then exploded...on the floor. yet on the grounds that we are right here at present speaking approximately it, needless to say there wasn't a risky chain-reaction. the present technology of nuclear weapons are not very diverse from the crude atomic weapons of world conflict II - and as such it extremely is relatively no longer likely that a single nuclear warhead might desire to destroy the completed worldwide.
2016-10-10 16:24:02 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they would not. The definition of a terrorsit is someone who uses indiscriminate violence to achieve political gain and influence. I am not sure what you mean by twisted, but BenLaden, as evil as he may be, is not crazy. Therefore, he is not going to nuke out humanity, including himself. He has a plan. He can't achieve if there are no people left on earth. As for the guts, none of whomever is usually termed a terrorist generally lacks guts.
2007-12-30 12:55:10 · answer #3 · answered by browneyedgirl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
These amateurs can barely blow up a pickup truck. Just because they got lucky one day one time on 9-11 doesn't mean they have a clue how to maintain and set off a nuclear device of any kind.
This is just rampant paranoia with no basis.
You want to worry about nuclear explosions? Worry about Pakistan or Russia.
2007-12-30 13:15:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The world out side America sees the US as most likely to start a nuclear holocaust and also as the country most likely to start world war 3
2007-12-30 13:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by keny 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You realize you are talking about guys who enjoy watching videos of men getting their head cut off with a knife, for fun, right! They tell their own kids to carry a bomb to market with their neighbors in it, and blow it and verybody up. I really do not think they care you they kill including themselves, their children, and countryman, as long as they think they are doing "God's will".
Added: Kenny, yeah if we wanted to do that we have had the abilty to do it since WWII. If it happens it will be some else's doing.
2007-12-30 13:31:40 · answer #6 · answered by Think for yourself 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They have the "guts" to kill their own daughters for not wearing the damn headscarf and then to blow themselves and every living thing within range to bits. Why would you doubt for a second that if the freaking idiots got nukes that they would use them. They get extra virgins for killing more infidels. Jesus Christ on a crutch what more proof do you need than their own actions?
2007-12-30 12:51:09 · answer #7 · answered by Coasty 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All I know is that if they had the ability to use nuclear weapons they would.
You definitely are not talking about people who would refrain from using nukes because they value human life.
2007-12-30 12:53:26 · answer #8 · answered by h h 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Terrorists would not have the capability to deploy 100 megatons of yield to initiate global impact winter. At most, they'll get ahold of low yield nukes under20-30 kilotons. Would they have the guts to do it, assuming they could get access to the megatons needed to destroy a planet?....if you're a martyr wanting to get 72 virgins in heaven, i suppose you would.
2007-12-31 09:16:30 · answer #9 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kennedy and Khrushchev almost did that over the Cuban Missle Crisis. Not all crazy people are labeled "terrorists".
2007-12-30 12:50:32 · answer #10 · answered by sudonym x 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋