Re: Subject: nuclear non-proliferation in LoGH (EP 23 SPOILERS)
Hank Wong (hankwong@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU)
Wed, 20 Oct 1999 17:26:48 -0700 (PDT)
> Episode 23 spoilers below.
Wayne Y. Yin wrote:
> we do know that both imperial and FPA fleets carry nukes. reinhard
> deep-fries an FPA fleet in the first movie when he ignites the gas
> giant. yang literally pulls his bacon out of the fire at amlitzer when
> he drops nukes into the red giant and escapes on the updraft. in neither
> instance did they need any kind of weapons clearance from superiors.
I think in both scenarios, Reinhard and Yang were the commanders of their
respective fleets, so my guess is that the decision to use nukes is
something a Fleet Commander makes.
> so i wonder if there's some kind of convention that prevents them
> from using nukes in regular engagements? even as spoilers to attack
> (area denial), a diversion, or even in a sapping function...
My memory is a bit foggy on this, but I think there is some sort of
un-written agreement between the two sides to not use nukes on each
other's territory. I can't remember where this is mentioned though.
-Hank
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