Target: Iran

[RoadClosed]

If anyone is interested here are a few interesting documents from the United Nations:


Weapons of Mass Destructions: Major Wars, Regional Conflicts and Terrorism

Limiting the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction in East Asia

I was going to bore everyone with all the UN resolutons but instead this site is cool...

3 Wars after the Separation of the sub-continent after WW2. We should blame Hitler,Musolini, Japan and others for the world's problems.

Link-o-matic

[SwordFish_13]

Hi,

Originally posted here by Egaladeist
The main point to to my posts was not that they would ' intentionally ' start a nuclear war...but the various ' accidents ' that could happen to cause a major disaster or conflict...

either internal discord, political instability, natural disaster, or a very real possibility of a military coop by some extremist faction...

I agree that under the present conditions a nuclear war is unlikely...but those conditions can change very rapidly...they still are, for the most part, unstable nations in the possession of the world's most dangerous weapons.

Eg

They heard you ..........

Source:AFP

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India and Pakistan have reached a series of landmark agreements aimed at reducing the risk of an accidental nuclear war between the two neighbours.

After two days of discussions in the Indian capital New Delhi, the rivals agreed Saturday to set up a telephone hotline to prevent accidental nuclear conflict and also agreed to notify each other before testing nuclear missiles.

The hotline would be established in September 2005, said a joint statement released after the talks, the third such meeting since a peace process was launched in January last year.

"The two sides emphasized the importance of early operationalization of the hotline link proposed to be established between the foreign secretaries... to prevent misunderstandings and reduce risks relevant to nuclear issues," the statement said.

The foreign secretaries are second to the foreign ministers in both countries.

In a separate agreement the two South Asian powers decided to formally notify each other before flight-testing ballistic missiles, most of which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads.

The neighbouring countries, who share a long and often volatile border, conducted tit-for-tat nuclear tests in 1998 and came to the brink of war in 2002. The historical rivals, who fought three earlier wars, routinely carry out tests of nuclear-capable missiles.

Jane's Defence Weekly analyst Rahul Bedi said the hotline link was important and likely to be similar to the one between the United States and the former Soviet Union.

"These hotlines are meant to avert a nuclear accident," he told AFP.

"The blueprint I think is what the Russians and the Americans have. It was important because the flight time of missiles between India and Pakistan is just three to four minutes. So you need very, very quick action," he added.

Pakistani delegation leader Tariq Osman Hyder called the agreements "a step in the right direction."

"It's a good step," he said. "Pakistan and India are nuclear states, living side by side. We have to evolve the modality for confidence building (and) nuclear restraint for resolution of all disputes between us."

The ongoing peace process between India and Pakistan aims to resolve disputes including the core problem of
Kashmir, the Himalayan state claimed by both countries, where an Islamic insurgency on the Indian side has killed tens of thousands of people since 1989.

Bedi said the results of Saturday's talks were a "signpost" towards future progress in bilateral relations.

"This would help the peace process. It's a signpost for progress," he said.

Next week, negotiators from the two sides are due to meet in New Delhi to discuss other confidence-building measures and ways to expand commercial ties.

A meeting between the two foreign secretaries is likely in October following a possible summit between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at the
United Nations in September.

[Egaladeist]

Hi SwordFish_13,

Hopefully...that will resolve or at least reduce the risk of human error...but there are so many other variables that I wouldn't take them off my ' the ones to watch list ' quite yet.

peace,

Eg

[Tedob1]

Are you ready to rumble?

http://reuters.myway.com/article/200...N-BUSH-DC.html

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Bush said on Israeli television he could consider using force as a last resort to press Iran to give up its nuclear programme.

"All options are on the table," Bush, speaking at his ranch in Crawford, Texas, said in the interview broadcast on Saturday.

Asked if that included the use of force, Bush replied: "As I say, all options are on the table. The use of force is the last option for any president and you know, we've used force in the recent past to secure our country."