Do nuclear proliferation treaties bring a peaceful balance?

SSG Shavonde Chase — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:23:39 -0500

Response by SFC George Smith made Nov 27 at 2016 1:25 AM

SFC George Smith — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:25:35 -0500

that will a problem to be determined at a later date...
There are too many loose cannons out there...

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2016 1:41 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:41:56 -0500

In a round about way yes.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2016 1:43 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 01:43:25 -0500

The less nukes out there, the less change of one falling into the hands of madman. Are Nuclear Non-proliferation treaties enough? Let us hope so.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 27 at 2016 12:56 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 12:56:03 -0500

I think it does. Right now many countries don't feel the need to develop their own nuclear weapons because they have treaties with the big boys who do. As for the non-signers of the treaty...I don't see South Sudan developing nuclear weapons any time soon. India and Pakistan are in an arms race, but since both countries have nukes I see it as being a balance. As for Israel, well, they have issues with their neighbors so who can blame them.

Response by SFC Pete Kain made Nov 27 at 2016 1:01 PM

SFC Pete Kain — Sun, 27 Nov 2016 13:01:02 -0500

No, but they make the weak feel better. A treaty is as only as good as the signers word or the leader at the time.
A peaceful balance is a wish by dreamers.
The genie is out of the bottle.

Response by Sgt Kelli Mays made Nov 28 at 2016 10:53 PM

Sgt Kelli Mays — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 22:53:22 -0500

SSG Shavonde Chase First let me say, that the less Nukes there are the better our World as a whole would be...but Unfortunately there are some countries who would like to take over and rule the whole world...it's a shame that we, the United States of America and many other countries have to constantly worry about these hand full of countries...and therefore keep an Arsenal of Nukes on hand...and then there is the off chance, one in a trillion chance that an asteroid or something may head towards earth and a Nuke or two or three may help save the world...but with that being said....NO.....I'm going to go with a BIG NO...All of the Nuclear talks and agreements do not mean a thing, because we don't know what is really going on....Take IRAN for example....we or the UN/peace keepers of the world do not have the right to go in and do a surprise inspection...once upon a time we did...without any advance notice...now we have to give 30 days notice and another 30 before anyone will be let in to investigate....and by this time IRAN can hide all kinds of things.....how can we or the UN or anyone else even consider this a fair and just treaty for the rest of the world? it is not....It is a JOKE...a FARCE! It's utterly ridiculous. There must be better checks and balances put into place when there are Nuclear treaties made and agreed to.

Response by SFC Mitch Mobus made Nov 29 at 2016 2:47 PM

SFC Mitch Mobus — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 14:47:00 -0500

SSG Chase, if you would like to hear the opinion of a former DTRA auditor/inspector, drop me a line. Your question is complicated. In the final assessment, however, the answer is and always will be debatable.