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Your 'Letter of Last Resort'
So it's a fairly well known fact that each Prime Minister is asked to provide a 'letter of last resort' to our always at sea Nuclear Sub in the event of a war in which the gov is wiped out.
The options open to them are: 1) Retaliate with nuclear weapons; 2) not retaliate; 3) use their own judgement, 4) place the submarine under an allied country's command (first options being the United States or Australia apparently) Given where we are feels kind of topical to ask. So which letter would you write? Also out of interest what do most feel that Boris has gone with? Forgot to bother with a poll, if a mod wants to add then up to them!
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1) Any nation of people - or their leaders - willing to strike at others using nuclear weapons does not warrant survival. Wipe the slate clean of humanity and start again - over millions of years the planet will heal and a whole new evolutionary chain can begin. And hopefully not **** everything up next time.
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As all the weapons on board are made in America (I believe), it would be hard not to go with them.
I believe the subs themselves were built in the UK, but I'm sure with a lot of US help. Probably should go to Australia though as our historical brothers. Having said that, I agree with tasty above. But I'm old, so no dog in the fight really. Anyone read "Never" by Ken Follett? |
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You'd have to wait until he could get his photo op on board the sub before any decisions get made
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Is give it to hedgehog, he'll spend a month pushing the button only to find it doesn't work and he has to take it back.
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Not before he posts it at least 5 times in 'Things that annoy you' thread
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I think if your letter of last resort is use your own judgement, you're a white leader of people who has shielded even your posthumous responsibilty. Option 4 seems weird as well, as the letter is for when there is no prime minister or nuclear deputy, and the commander can not establish that the UK 'exists'.
But 1 and 2, I can understand. I think ultimately I'd go with 2, as does it really add anything to reduce even more people and cities to nuclear annihliation. |
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2 for me.
The world will be ****ed any way
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I would go for (2), of course.
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Slink off to some remote island out of range of the fallout and live out your lives eating coconuts and monkey flesh.
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Would have been great with Bob Hawke down with his last office being his favourite pub opposite Trades Hall in Melbourne the John Curtain.... Sinks a pint in 3 seconds and pusshhhhhh the button.
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Very Old Testament.
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Personally I'd rather be at the epicenter of a Nuclear Strike than around a chemical or bio hit.
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I privately would chose 2 (so not to be a mass murderer) but would publicly state that I would chose no 1 in an instant (as to keep Trident a deterrent and not turn it into an expensive ornament for the fish to look at).
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Sail quietly to a very remote island, offload the crew and scuttle the boat. Hope Watson has washed up there too.
Edit - I see Scroaty has washed up there already |
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I've missed you too ME...
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I live half an hour from Washington DC, so if theres nuclear war I know I won't live thru it. I choose option 2 in case it was an error when someone pushed the button. Been very close to happening before
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