08-20-2017, 05:46 PM
I'm not just trusting the CIA; I'm also checking against my nuclear engineering knowledge. For example, I figured out Korea's first tests were plutonium bombs long before the CIA did - or at least before the announced it.
But as you say, it doesn't matter that much how many warheads they have. The difference between you and me, I think, is that I'm willing to give up Guam to prevent North Korea from having nuclear weapons.
I read you to believe that we can permit nuclear proliferation with a good chance of nuclear weapons never being used. Is that correct?
I do disagree, for engineering reasons, regarding how difficult plutonium production is.
But as you say, it doesn't matter that much how many warheads they have. The difference between you and me, I think, is that I'm willing to give up Guam to prevent North Korea from having nuclear weapons.
I read you to believe that we can permit nuclear proliferation with a good chance of nuclear weapons never being used. Is that correct?
I do disagree, for engineering reasons, regarding how difficult plutonium production is.