Considering Chemical weapons to our arsenal.

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Considering Chemical weapons to our arsenal.
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ni84	Aug 22 2011, 06:54 PM Post #1
Posts: 2,503 Group: Elite Member #7,006 Joined: August 16, 2011	I want to ask my fellow member, is worth considering to invest and development a Chemical weapons arsenal to our nation military.
	We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire...Give us the tools and we will finish the job. Sir Winston Churchill, BBC radio broadcast, 1941 We'll settle this the old navy way: first guy to die, loses. President Thomas 'Tug' Benson, Hot Shots! Part Deux Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii 15,000 nukes and enough for another 40,000


AVBsupersonic	Aug 22 2011, 09:16 PM Post #2
Member Posts: 1,996 Group: Regulars Member #5,877 Joined: April 10, 2010	To have these kind of weapons will just put our Country at risk more and the rest of the World. We are just defensive in Nature... "A Chemical for a Chemical and some of them are masters of these weapons and even if we did try to develop them, we are no match, we can never catch up and even if we did.. That would be the end of time!" -Avb
	"Some are just lucky that they're not under oath and are not classified!"- Blue badge


Hitman	Aug 22 2011, 10:05 PM Post #3
Member Posts: 934 Group: Regulars Member #5,856 Joined: March 10, 2010	this is dangerours... the AFP is not fully trained to handle and store these weapons which could also get into the wrong hands as corruption is still rampant in the system. Also the disposition of some of this is going to be a environmental problem added to already the pollution of the air, water, and land. If the storage areas were attacked or blown up by terrorists then another enviromental disaster. we need more modern and discipline minds and attitude to handle this. as for now we are not. we are too laid back.



Tsukiyomi	Aug 23 2011, 12:50 AM Post #4
Member Posts: 464 Group: Regulars Member #6,124 Joined: December 14, 2010	This is not a path we want to go down. We can barely keep control of our conventional inventories for starters. Aside from accountability issues, there is a great cost associated with creating and maintaining these stocks. There are also international conventions by which I am pretty certain we are a signatory to which prevents us from creating or obtaining these types of weapons. However, there is usually a mechanism by which we could give a notice of intent to leave the treaty. It is possible that upon doing so we would risk losing any perceived benefits from abroad by not remaining a signatory. Finally we lose the mythical moral high ground...if there is one...when it comes to military weaponry.



nonong	Aug 29 2011, 02:56 PM Post #5
Member Posts: 653 Group: Regulars Member #7,029 Joined: August 26, 2011	Chemical weapons are classified as Weapons of Mass Destruction. They are very dangerous to store and stockpile. High to very high security risks will involve the maintenance of a stockpile in our country. It would not be feasible to use the same in war due to the toxicity and number of civilians in a war zone. Aside from these reasons, we will have to procure chemical weapons suits which is very expensive. Perhaps in some future time the Philippines might have such weapons but not at the present time.
	"In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence under no circumstances can it be neglected." -Sun Tzu "Try and try until you die!" - Anonymous


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