Re: Subject: nuclear non-proliferation in LoGH (EP 23 SPOILERS)
Patrick Chester (wolfone@io.com)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 00:22:15 -0500 (CDT)
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Hank Wong wrote:
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> 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.
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> 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
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> > 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...
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> 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.
In the anime it's mentioned that using nuclear weapons on an inhabited
world has been taboo since use of nuclear weapons once nearly destroyed
the human race in a war which I forgot the name of. Thirteen Day War or
something like that?
Probably some war in the 21st century did horrible damage on Earth.
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