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And in 50s USSR and USA had nukes. And some thought Israel had them as well. But only USA had a reason to bomb North Korea. How is it different?
by ajuc 6y ago
And in 50s USSR and USA had nukes. And some thought Israel had them as well. But only USA had a reason to bomb North Korea.
How is it different?
- monocasa 6y agoThe first implication in your argument is that it's a constrained supply like nukes in the 50s. However most geopolitically relevant countries have the ability to synthesize the novichoks, with some outright publishing public literature on the topic. Iran's publications on how it breaks down over time and what that means for identification via spectrometry are actually really interesting if you're into chemistry. The second implication is that only Russia would have anything to gain from it, when the geopolitical machinations have worked out against Russia's favor. The sanctions put an extremely important pipeline for them on the back burner at best (probably canceled), and the Skripals had just about run out of usefulness to the west so it's not like the west lost anything really for that to happen.