Sea Urchin against TPM sales

The DDS Head of Technology Sea Urchin has said he is against the DDS selling TPM technology, even if it just the mark 1 of the missile. "The argument seems to be 'the weapons will proliferate anyway so lets do it ourselves' but i don't buy that argument. If we look back to the 20th century for example the US didn't sell nuclear weapons to the likes of Argentina and Sweden because they thought other nations would get them anyway." he said at a DDS Technology media briefing.

Knobhead, the Head of Operations, however disagrees. "The proliferation of TPM-1 will make the strategic balance in the galaxy more even for everyone including the DTA. It could also bring stability to the galaxy." A decision will be made by the DDS Council in a few weeks, there is one theory however that this idea of selling TPMs could be a bluff to prevent the Dinos from doing so with their version of the technology.

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