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If we replace Mutually Assured Destruction based on nuclear bombs with MAD based on the fact that we can all shut down each other's electrical grids at will, I
by smallnamespace 10y ago
If we replace Mutually Assured Destruction based on nuclear bombs with MAD based on the fact that we can all shut down each other's electrical grids at will, I think the world will be made a lot safer.
That is, as long as the nukes can't be hacked...
- pdx 10y agoIn 2006, a paper was widely distributed among policy makers that advocated the idea that the United States could establish "Nuclear Primacy" and could win a nuclear war with Russia if we struck first. There is an interesting article about this dangerous idea that is permeating Washington here. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-30/eric-zuesse-america%E2%80%99s-secret-planned-conquest-russia http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-30/eric-zuesse-america...