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: ''You needed the smartest guys in the world to build the nuclear bomb. | : ''You needed the smartest guys in the world to build the nuclear bomb. | ||
: ''But you need the entire society to get rid of it | : ''But you need the entire society to get rid of it.'' | ||
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# Enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy by an AI and robot infrastructure that is managed by the higher tier Gaia AI. The enforcing AI fears no termination and cannot be blackmailed. It will take down any rogue nation that tries to acquire new nuclear weapons. | # Enforcement of a zero-tolerance policy by an AI and robot infrastructure that is managed by the higher tier Gaia AI. The enforcing AI fears no termination and cannot be blackmailed. It will take down any rogue nation that tries to acquire new nuclear weapons. | ||
Dragon Eater | Since Dragon Eater basically uses all types of electric power sources it naturally carries the symbolism of mutual defense: every citizen participates and protects the live of his neighbor simply by being part of the community. Whatever "monster" is attacking, this community will stand its ground. | ||
The defense weapon is build into a tower and tightly integrated into the energy infrastructure. Therefore it cannot pose much a threat to neighboring nations which are not part of the alliance yet. In fact nations with Dragon Eaters are supposed to do both: ban nuclear weapons and reduced their military as there is now less need for it. | |||
The defense towers mostly vaporize or burn rockets and dropped bombs. Nothing is faster than light. So even hypersonic rockets with nuclear warheads can be destroyed if enough energy comes with the laser beam and its creating plasma channel. | |||
Requirements: | Requirements: | ||
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* '''superconducting power grid''' | * '''superconducting power grid''' | ||
* transnational grids continue to exist (inspired by NATO article 5, an attack on one nation is an attack on all nations, so all necessary energy is shared to fight off the attack) | * transnational grids continue to exist (inspired by NATO article 5, an attack on one nation is an attack on all nations, so all necessary energy is shared to fight off the attack) | ||
All necessary technologies will be presumably available and ready for mass-production at the end of this century. | |||
===Global threats=== | ===Global threats=== | ||