On May 3, 10:20 pm, frank wrote:
On May 3, 8:08 pm, wrote:



On Sun, 3 May 2009 11:48:59 -0700 (PDT), BlackBeard
wrote:

On May 3, 6:15 am, wrote:
On Sat, 2 May 2009 22:29:25 -0700 (PDT), "Ken S. Tucker

AFAIK, CVN's (and USN surface fleet) is not nuclear
offensive, so the navalized F-35 doesn't need nukes,
and no "allie" wants or needs them.

You don't know anything of the sort because it's policy not to discuss
whether it is or is not.

By presidential order (Bush the 1st) all tactical nuclear weapons were
removed from USN surface ships and Submarines. Ordered in 1991
finished by 1992.

Would this not mean that by presidential order they could be put back?

We'd have to break some arms control treaties to do it.

My understanding of the current calculus is CVN's
are only for conventional warfare, and IF the lunatic
switch starts WW3, they are ignoreable.
However, making CVN's F-35 nuke able, that big
fat floating target is quick to sizzle.
Ken