Fun Little Game
A FUN PUZZLE TO SOLVE!
By Puzzlemaster F. R. Inge
Here’s a little puzzle you can try to solve.
Say you have four aging empires, and one awaking giant, all with a weapon that can kill millions of people at a time: bunches of nuclear bombs and delivery systems. To that five, add four more nations –let’s say nations with glorious pasts but crappy futures, all with only a few (less than 100) of these bombs.
To make the puzzle interesting, we’ll add these dimensions:
1. Anyone with a nuclear bomb can start a chain reaction of nuclear war
2. Everyone is broke, badly addicted to oil, and they all share generations of bad blood
3. They make “no-bomb” agreements between themselves, but also make “will-bomb” agreements about players not (at that moment) in the no-bomb agreement.
4. No player has a memory longer than 30 years
5. There are wild cards: governments and extra-governmental groups that might be willing to drive a nuclear device on a truck into a national capital and blow it up.
Here’s the fun part: how do you get everyone to put their weapons down?
Some will put some of their weapons down, but only if they can have others pointed at specific players.
Some won’t put any weapons down until specific players put theirs down, note India/Pakistan.
Some might not have nuclear weapons, but they have a nuclear attitude and if they get their hands on a bomb they’ll come back and bomb every Mother Floormopper in this bar (N. Korea).
No one will put all their bombs in the trash until everyone else does.
Here is how the game looks:
Here are the red and blue lines, so far (from HERE)
Treaties & Agreements
? African Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone Treaty
Treaty of Pelindaba
? Agreed Framework Between The United States of America And The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
October 21, 1994
? Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems
? Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and On Their Destruction
? Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons And on Their Destruction
? Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
? Convention on Cluster Munitions
? Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
? International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC)
International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
? Latin America Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
? Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT)
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Underwater
? Mine Ban Treaty
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
? Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
Missile Technology Control Regime
? New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
New START - Signed April, 2010
? Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
? Open Skies Treaty
Treaty on Open Skies
? Outer Space Treaty
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies
? Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (PNET)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (and Protocol Thereto)
? Seabed Arms Control Treaty
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof
? South Pacific Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga)
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
? Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
? Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
? Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms and Associated Documents
? Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms and Associated Documents
? Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
Text of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions
? Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (and Protocol Thereto)
The End!
By Puzzlemaster F. R. Inge
Here’s a little puzzle you can try to solve.
Say you have four aging empires, and one awaking giant, all with a weapon that can kill millions of people at a time: bunches of nuclear bombs and delivery systems. To that five, add four more nations –let’s say nations with glorious pasts but crappy futures, all with only a few (less than 100) of these bombs.
To make the puzzle interesting, we’ll add these dimensions:
1. Anyone with a nuclear bomb can start a chain reaction of nuclear war
2. Everyone is broke, badly addicted to oil, and they all share generations of bad blood
3. They make “no-bomb” agreements between themselves, but also make “will-bomb” agreements about players not (at that moment) in the no-bomb agreement.
4. No player has a memory longer than 30 years
5. There are wild cards: governments and extra-governmental groups that might be willing to drive a nuclear device on a truck into a national capital and blow it up.
Here’s the fun part: how do you get everyone to put their weapons down?
Some will put some of their weapons down, but only if they can have others pointed at specific players.
Some won’t put any weapons down until specific players put theirs down, note India/Pakistan.
Some might not have nuclear weapons, but they have a nuclear attitude and if they get their hands on a bomb they’ll come back and bomb every Mother Floormopper in this bar (N. Korea).
No one will put all their bombs in the trash until everyone else does.
Here is how the game looks:
Here are the red and blue lines, so far (from HERE)
Treaties & Agreements
? African Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone Treaty
Treaty of Pelindaba
? Agreed Framework Between The United States of America And The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
October 21, 1994
? Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Anti-Ballistic Missile Systems
? Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and On Their Destruction
? Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons And on Their Destruction
? Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT)
? Convention on Cluster Munitions
? Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles
? International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC)
International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation
? Latin America Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Tlatelolco)
Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America
? Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT)
Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space and Underwater
? Mine Ban Treaty
Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction
? Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)
Missile Technology Control Regime
? New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
New START - Signed April, 2010
? Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
? Open Skies Treaty
Treaty on Open Skies
? Outer Space Treaty
Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, Including the Moon and other Celestial Bodies
? Peaceful Nuclear Explosions Treaty (PNET)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Underground Nuclear Explosions for Peaceful Purposes (and Protocol Thereto)
? Seabed Arms Control Treaty
Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof
? South Pacific Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Rarotonga)
South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty
? Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
? Strategic Arms Limitation Talks II (SALT II)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms
? Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty I (START I)
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms and Associated Documents
? Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty II (START II)
The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms and Associated Documents
? Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT)
Text of the Treaty Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive Reductions
? Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT)
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Limitation of Underground Nuclear Weapon Tests (and Protocol Thereto)
The End!
