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The Parties agree that an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, in exercise of the right of individual or collective self-defence recognised by Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, will assist the Party or Parties so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other Parties, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the security of the North Atlantic area.
Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the Security Council. Such measures shall be terminated when the Security Council has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security .
The Russians have one Nuclear bomb that could take out most of Scotland. Just one is all that's needed.
originally posted by: angelchemuel
All this talk of lobbing nukes at each other is getting boring.
Since US dropped the first bombs 80 years ago, does anybody seriously think that with all the technological advances since then, that countries don't have something more lethal and will keep infrastructure intact by now?
Time to get out of the sandpit....
Rainbows
Jane
originally posted by: andy06shake
a reply to: stonerwilliam
There was speculation just like with the Ivy Mike device it may ignite the planet's atmosphere.
The thing is the conditions necessary to sustain a chain reaction capable of igniting the atmosphere are highly improbable and far beyond the capabilities of any current or foreseeable human technology to date.
The original design of the Tsar Bomba had a yield of around 100 megatons, which is about 4000 times more powerful than the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.
The drop in yield was indeed apparently due to concerns about the potential environmental and humanitarian impact the device may have had on the archipelago and subsequently the rest of the surrounding area.
originally posted by: angelchemuel
a reply to: crayzeed
Yes, and I'm also thinking sound waves that are at such a low frequency that we can't hear them and it turns our insides into mush.
Rainbows
Jane