Definition of WMDs

jaguar · 03-18-2003, 07:56 PM

For a change this isn't a thinly vieled political attack but an honest question.

Does everyone here agree with the way Weapons of Mass Destruction is defined? I mean lets look at this:

Nucelar weapon - wipe out an enitre city - yup

Biological Weaponary - wipe out signifigant proportion of world's population if lucky - yup

Chemical weapons - possibly kill most things in limited raidus.

Is it me or is a 10ton fual-air MOAB more of a WMD than a chemical shell? Should small-arms type chemical weapons really be called weapons of mass destruction?
Even small tacticial nukes are questionable when all conventional weaponary seems immune from a weapons of mass destruction listing. How about Unconventional Weapony or something similar?

Thoughts?

03-18-2003, 07:56 PM	#1
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Definition of WMDs For a change this isn't a thinly vieled political attack but an honest question. Does everyone here agree with the way Weapons of Mass Destruction is defined? I mean lets look at this: Nucelar weapon - wipe out an enitre city - yup Biological Weaponary - wipe out signifigant proportion of world's population if lucky - yup Chemical weapons - possibly kill most things in limited raidus. Is it me or is a 10ton fual-air MOAB more of a WMD than a chemical shell? Should small-arms type chemical weapons really be called weapons of mass destruction? Even small tacticial nukes are questionable when all conventional weaponary seems immune from a weapons of mass destruction listing. How about Unconventional Weapony or something similar? Thoughts? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)