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> Only two nuclear weapons have been deployed ever. … intentionally; if you want to feel a stark sense of wonder that we ever survived the height of the nuclea
by JadeNB 7y ago
> Only two nuclear weapons have been deployed ever.
… intentionally; if you want to feel a stark sense of wonder that we ever survived the height of the nuclear-weapons age, you could do worse than to read Schlosser's "Command and Control" (https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion/dp/1594202273 https://www.amazon.com/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Ill...).
- blix 7y agoOh yeah, it's miracle the USA didn't accidentally nuke itself. There are a lot of scary stories out there. However, I dont think that necessarily means nukes are taken less seriously than zero-days.
- JadeNB 7y ago> However, I dont think that necessarily means nukes are taken less seriously than zero-days. Sure, I didn't mean to argue that; only to point out that saying that only two nuclear weapons had been deployed, even if true in a perfectly reasonable sense, required at least some qualification.