11-11-2003, 17:38
We are a small nation in a hostile world. Our military is quite small and we would surely be crushed in conventional warfare. We would like help from a larger, more advanced nation in starting a nuclear or chemical weapons program. We believe that when the threat of such an attack is the price of attacking us that most nations will respect us be reluctant to use force against us. Of course any weapons developed would be used purely for defensive purposes and only in extreme circumstances, i.e. we were being invaded.