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A comment on Ask HN: Why stop at banning Nuclear Weapons?.

Re:Ask HN: Why stop at banning Nuclear Weapons? by rzzzwilson on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:27AM (#29646438)
> If we collectively prohibited all countries worldwide from producing weapons like tanks, rocket launchers, etc...

> There would be no need for any country to own or acquire similar defences.

If one country decides NOT to get rid of all its weapons how do you enforce your "prohibition"? Even classes of weapons that everyone agrees should be banned are retained because they are useful in extremis, eg, land mines.

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Re:Ask HN: Why stop at banning Nuclear Weapons? by johnnyApplePRNG on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:30AM (#29646457)
Point taken.

You could enforce the prohibition through trade sanctions.

But if that country was already starving/hungry that would only exacerbate the situation.

And yes some kind of strategic reserve of defence weapons would be required by all countries.

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Re:Ask HN: Why stop at banning Nuclear Weapons? by emteycz on Wednesday December 22, 2021 @02:39AM (#29646499)
Many people hate their state and would gladly do anything to hurt it. And weapons - military grade - are trivial to build at home even for beginner machinists.
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