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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 23:36:53 -0500
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On 9/20/2024 7:22 PM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
> Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> writes:
>> On 9/20/2024 2:30 AM, The Horny Goat wrote:
>>> On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 18:51:20 -0500, Lynn McGuire
>>> <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> At least ten countries have nuclear weapons: USA, Russia, China, United
>>>> Kingdom, France, Germany, India, Pakistan, Israel, Turkey.
>>>>
>>>> Several other countries are rumored to have nuclear weapons: Taiwan,
>>>> South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Poland, North Korea, Cuba, etc.
>>>
>>> Since when have Germany, Poland or Turkey ever tested a nuke? Where is
>>> your evidence concerning Cuba?
>>>
>>> There are several other countries that certainly WOULD have built
>>> nukes (and have the technology - or could build them fairly readily)
>>> if they didn't have "the American umbrella" - Japan, maybe Taiwan,
>>> certainly South Korea, Australia, Canada, Italy, Sweden (All of these
>>> have nuclear power plants)
>>>
>>> South Africa is known to have built nukes but Botha seems to have
>>> ordered them destroyed before handing over to Mandela.
>>
>> Pakistan has sold nuclear weapons to several countries.  Taiwan is
>> rumored to have bought a dozen from them and are using them to threaten
>> the destruction of the Three Gorges Dam if China attacks Taiwan.
> 
> Right.  Which one of your apocalpytic future novels did that
> come from?

You wish.  Pakistan sells nuclear weapons for hard cash.  The problem is 
that they are heavy and bulky.  Not missile deliverable.  Maybe C130 if 
it can keep from being shot down.

Lynn