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From: "Miashara" <s2mlmill@titan.vcu.edu>
To: <DeAtHBoY9@aol.com>; "FFML" <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2000 7:16 PM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [R1/2][...huh?]
Oh, and concerning the nuclear retaliation on behalf of the UN or other
superpowers, if military covert ops were to infiltrate and disable those
systems, retaliation would be impossible.
Not possible. The US has roughly 25,000 to 100,000 read nuclear weapons
in numerous facilities all around the world, including subs. Not
possible. Not by any stretch of the mind.
25000-50000 MABYE. (We've dismatned some, and we've stopped making new ones,
really.) (Remember Start and Start 2?)
Now, I know that that is almost
impossible to even fathom happening, but you also have to remember that
Japan
is the technological capitol of the world.
No it isn't. The USA is, california comercially, the Fed for military
tech. The Japanese simply have looser enviornmental laws and as such
they can impliment more of it, cheaper.
I would argue both. The euro's also have a good edge. The best tech
military in the world RIGHT now is ours (due to our stealth.) and becasue we
can afford (har har.) to do it.
(Personally, in NEW inventions, the US is leading the way, no question, but
just improvements to current tech? Don't be too sure.)
Umm, in some areas their tech is better in IMPEMTATON than ours, We just
invent new stuff that drives it out of the water.
(The best overall fighter for Air combat is the F-15J (not the C or E
model.) but, the 22 will blow it out of the water. Stealth is nice.)
It is entirely possible for them
to insert codes into all of the circutry and such that allows them to
shut it
down with a master code.
Impossible. Nuclear weapons on subs have closed circuit computers. No
hacking is possible. And tapping the hardline isn't possible, its a sub.
And once the birdies pass a certian point, the computers do NOT accept ANY
commications period. (same with US missiles, I don't know the excat specs,
but after a certain point, the missiles lock out all information, and no
longer accept any information.)
Again, improbable, but not impossible.
See above.
It sounds like a bad movie plot, but a bad fanfic isn't far off, right?
Too unbelievable.
However, its a minor issue, So Japan has no concievable way of taking
over the world and no desire to do so? Thats problem numbers one and
two. Major battles so close to home? Problem three. Japan getting
bombed? Problem four. Use lots of BS and stretch reality, making Japan
now have some mystery weapon. Alien Tech. Powers of Ki revealed.
Mysterious benefactor. Do something. And change the locations.
WHy Alien tech? I would go steal a Tom clancy idea. Bioweapons.
Cheap, easy, and relv. easy to keep secert.
No, my problem is Ryoga deserting. Horribly OOC, unless he wandered away
and got lost, which is playing far too hard on a Fanfiction cliche. And
Ranma acts kind funky too.
Kasumi's suicide:horribly out of the norm, but you might be able to get
away with it.
Anyway, there's that.
Andrew