04-01-2003, 09:42 AM
Pete,Apr 1 2003, 12:24 PM Wrote:Let's hope that the test will never come. But I fear that if an enemy wanted to make NZ a *nuked* zone, it will take more than harsh words to stop it. So, that policy is akin to pissing yourself in a dark suit. You get a warm feeling, no one else notices.The nuke free stance is not a defence policy... not that NZs defence policy is anything more than spartan. I think Warblade has already highlighted that is more of a marketing ploy with exonomic benefits and a political background. Foreigners generally take it as NZers mis-estimate the probability of nuclear accidents, but it is more that we have a higher cost in the event of such an event... and what is the benefit of allowing nuclear powered vehicles here?