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Nuclear weapons are deterrents.. The goal is for them never to be used. If they didnt actually work at all that would be great. That would just be a layer of sa
by everyone 7y ago
Nuclear weapons are deterrents.. The goal is for them never to be used. If they didnt actually work at all that would be great. That would just be a layer of safety in case in some catastrophic turn of events they accidentally got used.
- gambiting 7y ago>> That would just be a layer of safety in case in some catastrophic turn of events they accidentally got used. Well, not really, if one of the superpowers sees ICBMs flying their way, they will retaliate immediately, no one will wait around to see if they actually explode or not.
- benplumley 7y agoI think the point was that if the retaliation ICBMs fail in the same way, we as a species get a second chance to resolve the conflict without extinction.
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThe deterrent is only as strong as peoples' belief in it. If the weapons were all faulty, and mere suggestion of it leaked out to world leaders, we'd be back in pre-MAD days in a second.