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ES Nuke Weapon Application (Approved)
« on: August 22, 2018, 12:36:08 PM »
Nation Name: Ecclesiastical State (of Christ)
Proposed Arsenal:

x144 Trident II Missiles (x24 per submarine) with W88 Warheads
Applied on:
- x6 out of 9 Ohio-class submarines

x100 B61 and x62 B83 nuclear bombs (x3 per bomber)
Applied on:
- x53 out of 67 'White Swan' Strategic Bombers

- x135 Minuteman Missiles with W87 Warheads

Development history: During the final stages of the Great War in 1946, Achkaerin became the first nation to use a nuclear weapon in Mundus and the ethical and legal justification for the bombings is still debated to this day. As the first bomb of its kind detonated on the Valertinette city of Whitehaven, it sent a shock wave throughout the world reaching even the Ecclesiastical State where the message of its immense power was held in awe as well as serious concern for the changed circumstances in warfare and the political situation.

Even though the USR was considered to be an necessary (evil) ally in the struggle against the Ardian supremacy, nations like the Ecclesiastical State had repeatedly warned against accomodating the Communist One-Party State's increasing expansionism and when the seal of knowledge was broken as they managed to develope their own nuclear capability, the Church State realised at that point that she could no longer trust the other nations of the 'Free World' to come to her aid against the USR if the inevitable would occur.

This meant that the Ecclesiastical State had no choice but to opt for a sizable nuclear program as a deterrent against the aggressive and Atheistic USSR and its numerous satellite states while at the same believing that it would safeguard the global political balance and stability. It was of course not an easy decision that everyone could take lightly, with discussions taking place in both parliament and Church about its ethical and moral dilemmas, delaying the advancement of an official nuclear program (though secret research had begun right after the war). It wasn't until the mid 1950s that the 'grand coalition' government, consisting of both National Democrats and Social Democrats managed to push through a consensus, winning the debate even in the second chamber consisting of clergy, and arguing that the nuclear program was a small cost to pay (basically an insurance against the worst case scenario).

Venerable Pope Pius XII was in the beginning a staunch opponent against a weaponized use of nuclear power and considered issuing a papal veto from legislation to pass the establishment of a nuclear program, however due to being sick and feeling much more vigour in his younger days he couldn't perform his duties quite well as before and thus took the ultimate decision not to issue a Papal veto which resulted in 1956 a Committee for the Military Applications of Atomic Energy was formed and a development program for delivery vehicles and weapons was started. The Pope's conditions included that the ES would never abuse them carelessly nor use them aggressively as a threat to other nations and to primarily protect other small Christian (especially Catholic) nations against aggression (especially when two years later the once independent Catholic Kingdom of Attica was annexed and incorporated into the Tamoran Empire, accelerating the development of the weapons).

After the death of Venerable Pius XII in 1958, the subsequent Cold War Popes Saint John XXIII, Blessed Paul VI, Venerable John Paul I and Saint John Paul II undertook the responsibility to supervise the nuclear program, as the Ecclesiastical State's first nuclear weapon test was performed in 1960, its first fusion weapon test in 1968 and since then has developed and maintained its own nuclear deterrent, with debates taking place in modern times whether they are reasonably relevent and effective enough for deterrence purposes as well as renewed Christian moral and ethical dilemmas, sparking both abolitionist groups campaigning for the end of their use as well as staunch supporters coming from the government as well as various small pressure groups advocating for increased Ecclesiastical influence in world politics, like Attican refugees in ES saying that "We need the nukes or otherwise countries like Tamora would do more harm!", dividing not only the Citizens but also the Church.

Ecclesiastical Plan for Nuclear Disarmament
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