what is a nuclear attack on a country that threatens to expand its power?
108685
wrong cause all unprovoked nucleat attack is stupid.also nuclear weapons kill civilians and not military targets.
1108785
I'm scared of Iran and North Korea for the same reasons, they're desperate countries with powerful weapons.
1180656
US is afraid. Basically, the US is a big bully that likes to butt into other people's buisness. They ensure that no one in the world has the same nuclear weapons as they do. If they suspect that you may be attempting to invent weapons... they will attack you. Simple as that. They are afraid that someone will get a bigger military...or have better weapons and defeat them. \n\nThey like to keep people scared so that they can get better deals. If you had an oil well and the US set a military base right outside it and woudln't let your oil pass unless you agreed with all their terms and conditions...what would they be??? This is ACTUALLY happening.
653736
Strike for what?\n\nIf you were to attach a country purely based on rhetoric then you would have to go for, pretty much, every country in the area.\n\nThe issue of nuclear proliferation is pretty complex but the genie is out of the bottle ... who is to say they are not entitled to develop what they want?  I personally would rather they didn't develop such capability but I would be hard pressed to make a persuasive argument why the West can have it but they can't.\n\nPeace out
1113064
At the moment, we know North Korea has nukes and so far as we know, Iran doesn't (although I can't shake the feeling that they may have nabbed some of the ones that were shipped out of Iraq.) Therefore, I'd say North Korea is presently a bigger threat, although the fundamentalist regime and mentality of many Iranians probably makes them the more dangerous long-term.
33660
It all depends on the country and the number of missiles with the nuclear warheads on them. It the country only had about 10 bomb it would definitely be possible. A country like Russia or China with 1000s of warheads it would be nearly impossible.
944698
If they do have nuclear weapons the answer is North Korea. They seem the most willing to use them.
38699
A country like Iran that has pursued nuclear weapons and long-range rockets and has vowed to destroy a Democracy (Israel) should not be trusted, noteven with materials that could be used to further their nefarious aims.  Would they even hesitate to supply such weapons to terriorists?  Do you want to take that chance?  Just having nuclear WMD would allow them to intimidate their neighbors.  No one would dare try to stop them from equipping even more suicide bombers or organizing the powers on earth that have no regard for innocent human life, including yours.
340492
Threat to humanity?  Yes.  Waving around nuclear weapons and making threats can have ill effects on EVERYONE IN THE WORLD.  The world powers have a stake in the interests of the middle east. OIL.  Iran is power crazed, prideful and hateful.  They have a lot of the worlds oil and now they can make nukes.  No wonder North Korea and Iran are buddies.
1116487
Iran is being threatened by the US after we attack Iraq.  In order to protect itself, it is seeking for defense in nuclear weapon.  If it does not get nuclear help, US will find other reason to attack Iran.  Maybe another Weapon of Mass Destruction, and after we conquer Iran, we will make a public speech stating that we got the wrong information from UK again.
658278
Pretty slim,  in future global war will involve nukes.  And that will go really fast.
134423
Brinksmanship diplomacy. They hope that even just the threat of their having nukes will cause other countries to bow to their demands.\n\nIt's no different than was the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
105575
I THINK THAT YOUR COUNTRY'S DIRECTION IN THE NUCLEAR AGE IS DEPENDANT ON HOW THE PROGRAM IS BASED AND IMPLIMENTED. HOW IT CAN BE GUIDED AND MONITORED FOR SAFETY VIOLATION'S AND UPGRADES. I DO NOT WANT FOR YOUR COUNTRY TO GET UPSET AT CURRENT EVENT'S AND STRIKE ONE OF IT'S ENEMY'S WITH A NUCLEAR WEAPON JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE CAPABILITY.
730232
India is not ready yet. Nuclear arms does not make a country ready for world leadership.
833620
Nukes with the ability to launch them.
1116239
We have an ace in the hole called nuclear submarines.  If on the unlikely occurrence that the US is wiped out in a nuclear strike, these guys will roam around until they get close to the offending countries then launch and obliterate them.  This is called (and I kid you not) the MAD policy for Mutual Assured Destruction.  Russia has these subs too, I am not sure if China has them.  Russia also has a system that if we were to obliterate them that will start a countdown then launch everything they have at once.\n\nThese are the cold war fail safes to make sure we did not attack each other since an attack on one would be suicide to the other.  So since the consequences for a first strike are so dire, we really don't have to worry about a nuclear attack from those countries.\n\nBut if it were to happen, just go to some of the cold war shelters and cross your fingers and pray.  There are plenty of fall out shelters around and certain civic buildings are required to be fall out safe.  No doubt about it, if the bombs start flying there will be one great fireworks show from space.
1131205
North Korea poses the greater threat to the United States because they already have WMDs and the missiles to launch them.  Iran's ability and willingness to attack the United States, on the other hand, is non-existent at present.