RE: [MERCS] Weapons available [FH]

--- Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:

> I obviously have a more sceptical view of human
> nature. What about those
> nations that are already "ostracised" by the other
> "respectable" nations.

Ummm. . .  Most of those are way the hell too paranoid
to permit their disposable hirelings that much power.

> Especially ones with totalitarian regimes that don't
> have to answer to their
> populace. Worse still what if it was vs a target

Paranoia levels get a lot higher in that case.	They
tend to not want to introduce populations of armed
foreigners into their countries.  It's not really
safe.  If they have WMD, they would tend to be in the
hands of safe, politically reliable officers
preferably related by blood to El Supremo.

> From another angle, especially given the KV push for
> Sol, under what
> circumstances could you see "respectable" forces
> resorting to "weapons of
> mass destruction"?

Any time they face KV in the Core Worlds.  But only
under the control of the respective governments. 
Nuclear weapons security is not a joke to those
nations who have them.

John

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