> Hopefully the US military will be able to upgrade the nuclear triad in time to maintain MAD and eliminate this potential threat. I consider MAD to be a great

> Hopefully the US military will be able to upgrade the nuclear triad in time to maintain MAD and eliminate this potential threat. I consider MAD to be a greater threat. We are talking about extinguishing all human life. Some reference material: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16884.The_Making_of_the_Atomic_Bomb https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16884.The_Making_of_the_... https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452798-command-and-control https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6452798-command-and-cont... Just recently published: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663779-the-doomsday-machine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25663779-the-doomsday-ma... > But I think the best solution would be for the entire G7 to develop independent MAD systems so there's never any doubt that it remains in effect. Comprehensive MAD would be a wonderful thing, if you had utter certainty that the chance for accidental launch was zero. If the chance is nonzero, you've put a time limit on civilization. How long? A hundred years? Three hundred? You refer derisively to "1950s-era" technology. And you have a point. I'm agreeing with that point, and using it to make the case for a real chance of accidental nuclear war based on flawed or worn-out technology. The third book in the list above goes into stark detail about the other danger - that of nuclear war based on flawed human decision-making.