Chocobo_Blitzer said:No, wouldn't have enough men to garrison it all.
battery said:Chocobo_Blitzer said:No, wouldn't have enough men to garrison it all.
I don't know if pure manpower would be required; we were the only country with the capability to make nuclear weapons. Britain were the only ones who had a clue about it all...
Chocobo_Blitzer said:battery said:Chocobo_Blitzer said:No, wouldn't have enough men to garrison it all.
I don't know if pure manpower would be required; we were the only country with the capability to make nuclear weapons. Britain were the only ones who had a clue about it all...
Errm, Germany and Russia knew about it quite a bit.
godofthunder9010 said:Didn't take the Soviets more than a year or two to spy out everything they needed to know. We weren't in a position to make them fast enough to nuke all opposition before the oppostions got their own.
FlyingFrog said:godofthunder9010 said:Didn't take the Soviets more than a year or two to spy out everything they needed to know. We weren't in a position to make them fast enough to nuke all opposition before the oppostions got their own.
That's why I said if US could produce 2 nukes per month.
24 nukes should be completely enough to destroy Soviet Union, after that a conventional army could conquer everything.
the_13th_redneck said:I don't think the US would have had the level of tyranny neccessary to do such a thing.
If the US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons and had the WILL to nuke anyone who disobeyed, I think they very well could have controlled the world.
The man power part wouldn't really be neccessary. All you need is spies and troops in key locations. Lots of spies would be neccessary though to keep an eye on what people are doing. Remove those leaders who are not faithful to you and nuke the people who are against you.
Also you must control all the world's press and make sure you have a healthy propaganda machine providing the whole world's news.
So you would need:
1) Monopoly on Nukes
2) Tyranny (I mean REAL tyranny, not the "America the oppressor today" type of bull**** tyranny)
3) Monopoly of press and high levels of propaganda.
4) Espionage networks.
Yeah, this is pretty valid. The US would have had to reinvent itself completely before it would have been able to happen. Even then, I don't think it would have worked out. I think that the world would grow wise to the US very quickly and everyone would combine to destroy them.the_13th_redneck said:I don't think the US would have had the level of tyranny neccessary to do such a thing.
If the US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons and had the WILL to nuke anyone who disobeyed, I think they very well could have controlled the world.
The man power part wouldn't really be neccessary. All you need is spies and troops in key locations. Lots of spies would be neccessary though to keep an eye on what people are doing. Remove those leaders who are not faithful to you and nuke the people who are against you.
Also you must control all the world's press and make sure you have a healthy propaganda machine providing the whole world's news.
So you would need:
1) Monopoly on Nukes
2) Tyranny (I mean REAL tyranny, not the "America the oppressor today" type of bull**** tyranny)
3) Monopoly of press and high levels of propaganda.
4) Espionage networks.
godofthunder9010 said:Yeah, this is pretty valid. The US would have had to reinvent itself completely before it would have been able to happen. Even then, I don't think it would have worked out. I think that the world would grow wise to the US very quickly and everyone would combine to destroy them.the_13th_redneck said:I don't think the US would have had the level of tyranny neccessary to do such a thing.
If the US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons and had the WILL to nuke anyone who disobeyed, I think they very well could have controlled the world.
The man power part wouldn't really be neccessary. All you need is spies and troops in key locations. Lots of spies would be neccessary though to keep an eye on what people are doing. Remove those leaders who are not faithful to you and nuke the people who are against you.
Also you must control all the world's press and make sure you have a healthy propaganda machine providing the whole world's news.
So you would need:
1) Monopoly on Nukes
2) Tyranny (I mean REAL tyranny, not the "America the oppressor today" type of bull**** tyranny)
3) Monopoly of press and high levels of propaganda.
4) Espionage networks.
godofthunder9010 said:If we, for instance, begin a campaign of conquest of North and South America, there is very little that the USA could do to disguise it. It becomes all the more obvious when we move on to the invasion of Africa and Eurasia. Diplomacy and misinformation can only cover you to a point.
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