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Yes it would. "No first use" means you have to be DAMN sure you're retaliating, rather than responding to a glitch. That requires time to confirm that, indeed,
by lostcolony 9y ago
Yes it would. "No first use" means you have to be DAMN sure you're retaliating, rather than responding to a glitch. That requires time to confirm that, indeed, missiles are incoming, rather than just "some instruments in a secure bunker somewhere say some missiles are incoming".
- boomboomsubban 9y agoIf they mistakenly retaliate, I doubt "breaking their pledge" will be one of the major concerns of the world.