What would happen to the US if NYC was nuked?

[ViperXX]

Hopefully Bushie will finally be removed from office

Oh and you expect a man such as Clinton to be getting his d!ck sucked and save the world?

Wake up, dumbass!!!

 

[Jmman]

Originally posted by: Crappopotamus

Originally posted by: Jmman
And people are wondering why we need to take pre-emptive action against rogue states like Iraq??

Just the thought of a terrorist attack on NYC or elsewhere should be enough to convince you that we have to protect our interests no matter what the rest of the world thinks......

maybe you shoudl take over canada too cause thats where the terrorists all come from. hell... just the thought of a nuke in nyc makes me wanna bomb north korea and russia and china too. what does the rest of the world know anyways?

Yeah, your display of ignorance really makes me want to rethink my statement. I take it all back. Let's let Saddam or Kim Jong Il dictate our economic or political future........

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: morkinva
Hopefully Bushie will finally be removed from office

Because somehow, in your own strange little world, Bush would be solely responsible for a nuke detonating in NYC.

Get an education, you idiot.

 

[Dari]

NYC is the capital of the world. It is the capital of the financial world. It is the capital of the information world. It is the capital of the diplomatic world. It is the capital of the cultural world. Everyone from EVERY country is here. The nuking of NYC means the realignment of the world.

 

[halik]

well if the penetrator was a sovereign country, US and the rest of NATO members would be quick to wipe them out. If it was some independant organization (terrorists etc), US would wipe them out

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
good discussion. no one sees the U.S. as possibly loosing this war. but hey if some country wanted to get us, just strategically place 4-5 nukes around the country and we'd be trembling. its a bit frightening.

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

 

[GtPrOjEcTX]

Originally posted by: MichaelD

Originally posted by: GtPrOjEcTX
good discussion. no one sees the U.S. as possibly loosing this war. but hey if some country wanted to get us, just strategically place 4-5 nukes around the country and we'd be trembling. its a bit frightening.

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

I should've stated my point better. Our state as a nation wouldn't be trembling, but our economy and moral.

 

[XZeroII]

We are very spread out. The stock market would probably close for awhile, but everyone wouldn't lose their stock and stuff. Life would go on. The anti-war people would probably say that we should sit on our thumbs.

 

[MichaelD]

Personally, my entire family is in NYC...I'd be a souless wreck for the rest of my life...but oh, the joy of watching about 100 or so nukes with the US Flag painted on them sailing across the sea to finally wipe all those pissant countries off the map for good....

 

[TripperJoe]

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

Phrases like "mutually assured destruction" and "nuclear winter" come to mind. I don't think retaliation with more nuclear detonation would be the answer--it just screws the WHOLE world over, not just the US.

 

[SherEPunjab]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Personally, my entire family is in NYC...I'd be a souless wreck for the rest of my life...but oh, the joy of watching about 100 or so nukes with the US Flag painted on them sailing across the sea to finally wipe all those pissant countries off the map for good....

You know, it doesn't have to be that way...

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: TripperJoe

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

Phrases like "mutually assured destruction" and "nuclear winter" come to mind. I don't think retaliation with more nuclear detonation would be the answer--it just screws the WHOLE world over, not just the US.

*sigh* When the Big Bomb Goes Boom, there will be no time for logic, my friend, Spock. You would have the greatest country in the world sit on it's hands and wait for #2 to go Boom?

 

[HappyPuppy]

Originally posted by: TripperJoe

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

Phrases like "mutually assured destruction" and "nuclear winter" come to mind. I don't think retaliation with more nuclear detonation would be the answer--it just screws the WHOLE world over, not just the US.

Wrong, nuclear retaliation would definitely be called for. You react to force with greater force. To do less would only invite more attacks.

 

[Grasshopper27]

Originally posted by: MichaelD
Personally, my entire family is in NYC...I'd be a souless wreck for the rest of my life...but oh, the joy of watching about 1,000 or so nukes with the US Flag painted on them sailing across the sea to finally wipe all those pissant countries off the map for good....

Corrected for accuracy...

: ) Hopper

 

[Martin]

I dunno about you guys, but I'd go looting.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: HappyPuppy

Originally posted by: TripperJoe

That's laughable, at best. We have a redundant system of counter-offensive nuclear weaponry so deeply entrenched in solid earth that the possiblity of the USA not being able to retalliate is about 100 Billion to 1.

Phrases like "mutually assured destruction" and "nuclear winter" come to mind. I don't think retaliation with more nuclear detonation would be the answer--it just screws the WHOLE world over, not just the US.

Wrong, nuclear retaliation would definitely be called for. You react to force with greater force. To do less would only invite more attacks.

That is the prevalent thought, however, I think a nuclear attack might change the rules. If we knew that a full scale retaliation would effectively destroy the world as we know it, wouldn't it make sense to consider the lasting consequences first? Wouldn't a conventional counter attack both prove our point, but also preserve the world and allow us to rebuild. It doesn't make much sense to me to retaliate with a full scale nuclear attack if the result would be the death of most of the world's population if one city, albeit a large one, is leveled. I would just hope that if and when something like that happened, our leader at the time would exercise some restraint.

Of course, I'm probably going to just be called a tree hugging hippie or something...oh well.

 

[TripperJoe]

Wrong, nuclear retaliation would definitely be called for. You react to force with greater force. To do less would only invite more attacks.

Did you read the first sentence of my post? Do you understand that if enough bombs drop, the sun ceases to light the ground we live on--the upshot being everybody on the planet dies? That is, those who weren't already incinerated, or otherwise fatally wounded by the blasts.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: TripperJoe

Wrong, nuclear retaliation would definitely be called for. You react to force with greater force. To do less would only invite more attacks.

Did you read the first sentence of my post? Do you understand that if enough bombs drop, the sun ceases to light the ground we live on--the upshot being everybody on the planet dies? That is, those who weren't already incinerated, or otherwise fatally wounded by the blasts.

No, it doesn't matter...just blow everyone up! Get 'em! That whole sunlight thing is way overated.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Originally posted by: Insane3D

Originally posted by: TripperJoe

Wrong, nuclear retaliation would definitely be called for. You react to force with greater force. To do less would only invite more attacks.

Did you read the first sentence of my post? Do you understand that if enough bombs drop, the sun ceases to light the ground we live on--the upshot being everybody on the planet dies? That is, those who weren't already incinerated, or otherwise fatally wounded by the blasts.

No, it doesn't matter...just blow everyone up! Get 'em! That whole sunlight thing is way overated.

Yep, besides there is probably life elsewhere in the galaxy. Perhaps they will survive where we do not. We're just dust in the wind.

 

[Insane3D]

Yep, besides there is probably life elsewhere in the galaxy. Perhaps they will survive where we do not. We're just dust in the wind.

Yeah, but they might disagre with our policy and we will need to nuke them too because they are irrelavant.


**Disclaimer** - The above was a joke.

 

[Doggiedog]

I think we are getting a little off topic here.

I'm wondering what would happen to the US if we got nuked. Not what we would do. Do you think there would be martial law? Would NYC be off limits a la Escape from NY? Would civil liberties be suspended? Etc. etc.

 

[TripperJoe]

I know you two are being facetious, and I appreciate that kind of humour, don't get me wrong .

But based on all the people who still subscribe to the metallica-esque "kill 'em all" philosophy, there's still a lot of ignorance about the consequences of nuclear war. And that is not so funny.

 

[BMdoobieW]

What would happen to the US if NYC was nuked?

I would die

 

[TripperJoe]

I think we are getting a little off topic here.

I'm wondering what would happen to the US if we got nuked. Not what we would do. Do you think there would be martial law? Would NYC be off limits a la Escape from NY? Would civil liberties be suspended? Etc. etc.

I think the rest of the US blowing up is pertinent to your initial question.

 

[Insane3D]

Originally posted by: TripperJoe
I know you two are being facetious, and I appreciate that kind of humour, don't get me wrong .

But based on all the people who still subscribe to the metallica-esque "kill 'em all" philosophy, there's still a lot of ignorance about the consequences of nuclear war. And that is not so funny.

I agree totally. However, with the prevailing attiude around here lately, a little humor couldn't hurt.

I'm wondering what would happen to the US if we got nuked. Not what we would do. Do you think there would be martial law? Would NYC be off limits a la Escape from NY? Would civil liberties be suspended? Etc. etc.

Ahhh...sorry. Good questions. I would assume martial law would probably declared in at least the surrounding area. Pretty much everything we discuss here is just conjecture and guessing though..