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Very simple: Mutually assured destruction
by python-guy-vt 9y ago
Very simple: Mutually assured destruction
- zimbatm 9y agoNot that simple, there are multiple historically recorded close calls. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls
- python-guy-vt 9y agoHow does this negate mutually assured destruction? If anything it enforces the idea that this is why we have only had close calls. No one wants to be responsible for starting the demise of (at the very least) two countries.
- snarf21 9y agoOr everyone just prefers a nice game of chess. :)