Talk:Arms race

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This passage needs citation or removal];#################There is an interesting economic idea here, but since the model was made after the war, it did not have the prophetic power it might have had.

Not really an NPOV violation, but that's independent reasearch or something in between.

Could we merge this article with another article about arms races or expand it? it seems rather redundant and not really all that informative or well written. In my opinion it would be easier to merge it with another article. Thoughts? MattW93 (talk) 12:18, 4 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The Soviet Union might have did achieve a "first strike" capability with the deployment of the SS-4. Even the most wack hawks now, such as the "Committee on the Present Danger", claimed that the large throw weight of the SS-18 made America's land based ICBM's vulnerable to attack the so called "window of vulnerability". However, this does not equate to "first strike" capability because the US has a strategic nuclear triad including Submarine Launched Ballistic Missiles. Even the more limited "window of vulnerability" is conceded by most analysts to have been a fraud. Indeed, this was the conclusion that was essentially reached by Reagan's own Scowcroft Commission.

List Examples

Like US/Russian, Greek/Turkish, etc. of current arms races. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nikoz78 (talk • contribs) 14:50, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Plenty more . . . Argentina/Chile in the 1960s, for example Vernon White ^{. . . Talk} 17:40, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Apple and Microsoft example

Worst. Example. Ever. Microsoft had to pay to keep Apple in business. That would be like the US sending missiles to the USSR in 1981. How 'bout Chevy and Ford?

Actually, now that I dig into the history of this, it looks like this line may have been someone's subtle attempt to name either Apple or Microsoft the 'host' and the other the 'parasite,' given the context. I'm just going to delete it, as it just doesn't make enough sense to add anything to the article.

Racing with your arms

There isn't a need to hatnote-disambiguate this to Wheelchair racing, is there? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 13:24, 29 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I doubt it. Anyone looking for that would almost certainly use "wheelchair" in any of their searching. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 21:30, 30 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]