think you're missing the point - the only people to survive a total nuclear war would be the elites sheltered in some bunker somewhere; the point is that decis

think you're missing the point - the only people to survive a total nuclear war would be the elites sheltered in some bunker somewhere; the point is that decision makers were/are willing to risk destroying the species itself just so that the surviving 5 people could preserve their ideology/territory and 'win', not that nuclear war is a deterrent against local uprisings.