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This is IMO one of the most important things that next to nobody pays attention to. People toss around "use a nuke" or "because we have nukes" as though they're
by knowaveragejoe 10y ago
This is IMO one of the most important things that next to nobody pays attention to. People toss around "use a nuke" or "because we have nukes" as though they're like any other conventional weapon. I'd venture to guess that none of those people have been around a large conventional weapon exploding, which pales in comparison to even a small nuclear warhead.
- vacri 10y agoThis reminds me of the irony of when the US invaded Iraq, because "Saddam has Weapons of Mass Destruction"[1]... while bragging that the US was going to use the MOAB, the Mother of All Bombs, the largest conventional bomb ever. The US has always had trouble with the internal consistency of it's propaganda :) [1] Which weren't nuclear, and required a redefinition of the phrase to suit.