Those crazy Soviets. We always thought they didn't really like Poland, but now we know for sure.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
And this is surprising how?
Posted by Aban Rune (Member # 226) on :
Yah... how is this just more than an excuse for people to get pissy? Is it really a surprise that such plans exist? It's not like they're current plans. As far as we know...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
RED ALERT
Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
Maybe it will be useful in hundreds of unforeseen and subtle ways, like in diplomatic leverage. *shrubs*
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
Yeah, you never know when a shrubbery will come in useful...
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Those NATO bastards! How dare they bomb us in response to Soviet counter-attack! Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I can see shrubs useful in camouflage, but in diplomatic relations??? Unless they were some really nice shrubs, nice soothing flowers in a variety of colours and scents to lull people in to a false sense of security just before nuking them....
That would be okay....
I could see NATO nuking Poland, in the Soviet armies assembly areas, but more likely, major Soviet cities as a proper retaliation.... Except for this administration, nuking Poland would be of 'value' when we are nuked by the Soviets....
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I told Einstein not to go back. I begged him!
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
WOLVERINES!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
CYCLOPES! JEANS GREY!
Wait, what?
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
And I make no sinse to the topic he says.....
Yes, yes, I meant it that way.....
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Poland sounds like Springfield in the Simpsons... in the event of a nuclear war, Springfield would be hit first by everyone simultaneously to calibrate their weapons. Posted by Captain Boh (Member # 1282) on :
quote:Originally posted by Topher: Those crazy Soviets. We always thought they didn't really like Poland, but now we know for sure.
Thats just what they WANT you to think the plans are... I mean were.
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: WOLVERINES!
/me while taking a shit, reading 'CBT's Interstellar Players'...
I'm personally unsure if the Wolverines/331st Division -are- the Minesota Tribe that briefly popped up and disappeared Rimward of....
meh, how cares, i know none of you are Battletech playas Posted by Timo (Member # 245) on :
These must be good news. Great news. SPLENDID news. I mean, what other type of news moves this slowly?
When the archives opened, they were WIDE open for the first few years. IIRC, these plans were all over the papers in 1993 or so already, with a big centerfold map on one of our weeklies so that everybody could check whether their foreign relatives, pen pals or drinking buddies would have been nuked in a parallel past. (No mushroom clouds reserved for Finland; there were some marigin scribbles about sparrows vs. howlizers, and the need to spare ammo...)
I rather doubt NATO would have nuked Poland back: the very idea of lobbing H-bombs (and chemicals) left and right was to make vaporware out of the airfields and carriers that could have supported a USAF/USN counterstrike within the first month of fighting, and it would have been practically impossible to retarget the strategic-level NATO weapons for battlefield support. By pulling all stops on first use of tactical nukes, the Soviets apparently wanted to LIMIT the conflict by leaving the enemy with just two choices: roll over, or start a strategic, unlimited nuke exchange without scaleback option.
Timo Saloniemi
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: WOLVERINES!
*I* got it. (Go look up the movie "Red Dawn". Amazingly, Jason's response is actually on topic.)
Posted by Balaam Xumucane (Member # 419) on :
Albert Einstein: temporal assassin. Why can't more games do shit like that?
There were those experiements with nuclear artillery, is that what would level Poland? Because ICBMs from Germany might be better off with a Eurail pass.
Posted by Kazeite (Member # 970) on :
Yeah, full platoon of Metal Gears Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by B.J.:
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: WOLVERINES!
*I* got it. (Go look up the movie "Red Dawn". Amazingly, Jason's response is actually on topic.)
Jeeez. I cant believe you had to explain it to them. To this crowd, no less....Where is the movie-geek and the googler? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains, Like wind in the meadow. The days have come down in the west, Behind the hills, Into shadow. How did it come to this?
Posted by Pensive's Wetness (Member # 1203) on :
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon:
quote:Originally posted by B.J.:
quote:Originally posted by Jason Abbadon: WOLVERINES!
*I* got it. (Go look up the movie "Red Dawn". Amazingly, Jason's response is actually on topic.)
Jeeez. I cant believe you had to explain it to them. To this crowd, no less....Where is the movie-geek and the googler? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountains, Like wind in the meadow. The days have come down in the west, Behind the hills, Into shadow. How did it come to this?
So Jason? your thoughts on Alexander Kerensky? Major Jerk or Major hero?
/me happily derails the post towards a CBT leaning...
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
That's alright, nobody ever knows what the fuck you're talking about anyway.
Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :
I do.... Damn it.....
A little of both, leading away the mechs like that and creating such a screwed up clan system....
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(Go look up the movie "Red Dawn". Amazingly, Jason's response is actually on topic.) ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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