Balkanization of the us effect on nuclear weapons distribution.

Warsie

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I wondered: how would a Balkanization of the us into 50 member states (am not getting into ethnic of racial or religious states......yet) deal with splitting the nuclear arsenal? Would you all feel safe if Texas and the resurrected confederate states had nukes? What about Mexico s reaction to that? Or Cuba? That seems like something interesting to look into.

For the purposes of this exercise the central government is dissolved by a congressional session and new blocs are set up by successor states.
 
If the Soviet Union is any precedent, the nukes would be divided on where their home base is located. Ukraine had 5000 warheads, Kazakhstan possessed 1400, and Belarus 81. Luckily they were very quick to dismantle them.

If the US did descend into mayhem then since there's no clear successor state things could get rather toasty.
 

Warsie

Banned
Well turn them over to Russia form safekeeping at least in exchange for aid and resources (money and whatnot) from the usa and post soviet russia. ukraine at least is regretting that.

I was thinking that too....but I don't think the dakotas will be able to handle all the icbms on their territories. Or other plains states for that regard. Texas can and it has processing facilities for nukes - but again Texas isn't the well safest country to allow to keep nukes due to their culture and history. California and New York seem better in that regard as well as Illinois. Id expect blocs like a northeast/eastern seaboard federation and midwestern league or however the blocs are named take control of the nukes.

Also..... Mormons....with nukes c:eek:
 
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