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Gas is important, but what is more important is the nuclear arsenal. The US, China, Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea, are effectively untouchab
by toyg 5y ago
Gas is important, but what is more important is the nuclear arsenal.
The US, China, Russia, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea, are effectively untouchable by conventional military means, because they are able and willing to unleash nuclear holocaust in return - no matter what they do.
- beecafe 5y agoIt's not clear that the West is willing.
- xtian 5y agoHere's the list of countries which have used nuclear weapons against another country: - United States
- eps 5y ago+ France and the UK
- toyg 5y agoThose two don't have the resources to project significantly (like superpowers), nor the pressure of border conflict (like the others I mentioned). So their nuclear capabilities are somewhat irrelevant.
- ajnin 5y agoNot sure why you think North Korea and Pakistan can project and not France and UK which both have nuclear attack submarines. The heart of nuclear detterrence lies in those submarines that can cause second strike MAD.
- selimthegrim 5y agoI think Pak is buying theirs from France
- toyg 5y agoUnless you think NK is a superpower, you've failed to actually read a one-paragraph post, congratulations. As for projection capabilities of FR-UK, they are small and old and creaky and everybody knows it.
- ajnin 5y agoSorry but being insulting is not going to make your argument more convincing. Pretending that somehow NK and Pakistan have more nuclear capabilities that FR or UK is a joke.