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>One weapon is unlikely to trigger MAD, even after detonation. Well, not after detonation. After detonation, all bets are off. You can't take out, say, Miami,
by bilbo0s 7y ago
>One weapon is unlikely to trigger MAD, even after detonation.
Well, not after detonation. After detonation, all bets are off. You can't take out, say, Miami, and expect not to receive a nuclear response to that message. You're going to lose a city.
Now, if you launched the Miami strike by mistake, the loss of, say, Rostov-on-the-Don, should be the end of the matter. But you're definitely going to lose a city.
But one weapon, if it is shown not to be real, would not trigger a response at all if everyone acts in a professional manner. After all, no cities are lost on either side in such a scenario.
- keanzu 7y agoLet's say the error goes the other way. Criminal actors within the US illegally launch a strike and destroy Rostov-on-Don. The US agrees to hand over the culprits for Russian trial and pay reparations. The Russians decline and destroy Miami instead. Matter settled?
- bilbo0s 7y ago>Matter settled? Of course not. Now in addition to putting the criminals responsible on trial for the murder of the residents of Rostov-on-the-Don, I'm going to add charges for the murder of the residents of Miami. Might even invite Russian prosecutors over to get in on the trial? Who knows? In any case, once the criminals are executed, the matter will be settled.