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I'm not trying to nitpick, just curious about how this works? Some years pass, and the russians just forget that the US have nukes? Then they start planning a
by faeyanpiraat 6y ago
I'm not trying to nitpick, just curious about how this works?
Some years pass, and the russians just forget that the US have nukes?
Then they start planning an invasion, but cancel it after they read in the "new york times" about some modernization effort, and remember that the us still have nukes?
- raziel2701 6y agoIt's a display of power. We've been stuck in a certain mindset from the Cold War and habits are hard to break. Over time we've dialed back on the heat (we don't do live tests anymore for instance and we are not actively developing new warheads). But there's still a whole military industrial complex that is not going to go away anytime soon. So you do this new missile. It keeps people employed, it shallowly reminds other powers that we're still doing perfunctory defense stuff.