http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/3234960.stm
Here are some quotes that disturb me:-
So, they are prepared to use weapons of mass destruction to totally obliterate sites that may possibly contain other weapons of mass destruction, so that no-one will be able to prove or disprove whether they actually were there or not.
funds to develop so-called "bunker-busting" nuclear weapons which would be used against underground bunkers or weapons of mass destruction
This stinks!
More than twice the money of everyone else put together eh, just how dominant do they need to be?
FIVE BIGGEST DEFENCE BUDGETS
USA: $401bn
Russia: $65bn (2001 figures)
China: $47bn (2001 figures)
Japan: $42.6bn
UK: $38.4bn
Source: US Centre for Defense Information
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely; the sheer scale of the mismatch of resources seriously concerns me for the future.
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