What if the old empires had WMDs ? ? ? ?

[Dan Simper]

Would they have nuked themselves or started an ancient cold war?

[Nicholas Smid]

Post by Dan Simper
Would they have nuked themselves or started an ancient cold war?

Don't know, but they did have very effective WMD back then, called lots of
guys with swords, when you put your mind to it depopulating a province, or
even large parts of a country, isn't really that hard and it only takes a
few months instead of a few hours. But sword fire and famin kills off
populations with remarkable efficency when imployed desisivly, consider the
Mongols for one outfit who were quite skilled at it.

[Allen W. McDonnell]

Post by Dan Simper
Would they have nuked themselves or started an ancient cold war?

When I read the header I thought you meant old empires like the Brittish
Empire circa 1920 or the French Empire circa 1911.

In either of those cases I think their status as the loan superpower would
be assured pretty quick, you don't need a bomber to deliver a hiroshima type
weapon to Paris, Berlin or Washington D.C., a railroad will work just fine
if you are a little sneaky about it. As far as that goes Washington D.C.
and other sea ports like London would be even more vulnerable.

Allen W.