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minus-square@vzqlinkEnglish5•8 months agoThey better! Deterrence doesn’t work if your adversary doesn’t know how launch in time.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink7•8 months agoThere is no benefit for anyone nuking anyone. Nukes are a negative sum game. Use them and everybody loses.
minus-square@vzqlinkEnglish6•8 months agoAs long as they maintain thousands of mated warheads and the related delivery systems, deterrence is relevant. The fact that they are fucking themselves up in other ways makes it more relevant, not less.
minus-square@Cycloprolene@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 months ago failed state anyway Sir, i don’t think you understand what a failed state is.
They better!
Deterrence doesn’t work if your adversary doesn’t know how launch in time.
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There is no benefit for anyone nuking anyone. Nukes are a negative sum game. Use them and everybody loses.
As long as they maintain thousands of mated warheads and the related delivery systems, deterrence is relevant.
The fact that they are fucking themselves up in other ways makes it more relevant, not less.
Sir, i don’t think you understand what a failed state is.
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