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In the context of the video where nuclear weapons are used in a war: "It's pretty straight-forward and has been for decades: conventional forces go first; if y
by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
In the context of the video where nuclear weapons are used in a war:
"It's pretty straight-forward and has been for decades: conventional forces go first; if you begin losing badly, then you pull the nuclear card to prevent any meaningful territorial losses; the war ends in some variation of a stalemate."
Exactly where have nuclear weapons used "for decades" in this way?
- edraferi 9y agoUnited States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, France, North Korea... They are "used" passively. Any country that has the ability to create a nuclear explosion is constantly using them as diplomatic leverage. Even if you don't detonate them, even if you don't talk about them directly, the capability alone shapes reality.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoThe video is about activly using nuclear weapons in a war. Parent was "One of the big worries I have is that a losing super power would turn to nukes once conventional weapons stores are exhausted."
- ekianjo 9y agoNuclear tests have been going on since the 1940s. And bigger and bigger ones every time.