The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?

how can we demonize the other countries trying to create the same deterrent system?The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?Good point there Tony!!!!



And Ms rocky, how's a nuke useful against terrorists? It can be used only to obliterate whole cities of enemy country!!!!The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?
Because we, like everyone else, want to be number one.The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?we use the nucs as a deterrrent system ,our policy is never first .we must be attack with nucs before we use our nucs.Country like iran and north korea are agressive countrys and there is a very good chance that the will us them as first strike weopons .Its kind of like a father keeping his guns locked up ,the children in the house ar not mature enough to be trusted.the middle east is way to unstable to allow that kind of power to be in their hands
Well...why not?



When we have to deal with terrorists, we need a drastic measure to protect ourselves.



Isn't it strange that we are ALL stranded on this planet and we cannot get along!The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?one is never enough

the states wants to be the biggest boy on the blockThe united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?
The number of nuclear weapons posessed by the United States was a defensive measure taken when we were in a Cold War with a totalitarian power that sought our destruction. The number of weapons we built were to ensure survivability of our Nuclear Forces and sufficient destructive power in the event of a suprise attack by the Soviet Union.

Why is this different than the Islamic Republic's quest for nuclear weapons? Simply this. There is a legitimate fear that, since Iran supports terrorist organizations, that such a group might gain access to and deploy a nuclear weapon.
Do you feel safe without them? Seeing as how other countries are getting or have the technology to build their own. I think I trust the US more than I would trust, say, Iran, to be more responsible.The united states has over 200 inter continental ballistic missiles with up to 10 nuc war heads apiece. why?
That is a considerable DROP from our past of thousands of Minutemen, Titans, Polaris and Poseidon ICBMs. It is not a case of a build up, it is a case of down sizing.



As far as us "demonizing" other nations, I assume you mean IRAN.



Iran is the ONLY nation to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and then break the treaty. The deal was they would get help from nuclear nations in building reactors for generation of electricity in return for a promise they would not seek nuclear weapons. IRAN has violated the treaty by kicking out all the inspectors allowed under the treaty and has purchased far more gas centrifuges necessary for a "peaceful" program.



They have so many gas centrifuges that if they ran them all for a month, they would have enough nuclear fuel for their "peaceful" program for the next 400 years. It is pretty obvious that is not an efficient or cost effective way to run a "peaceful" program.



However it is equally obvious that it would be a very efficient way to run a weapons program as with all the centrifuges running, they could make two nukes a month.



As far as Iran needing nukes as a deterrent, the only nation to have invaded them in the past 50 years was IRAQ and I think the USA has pretty well taken care of that risk for them.