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People seem to have no idea how nuclear deterrents work. It's a matter of policy that the US will launch all its nukes if even one nuke is launched by the othe
by dkjaudyeqooe 5y ago
People seem to have no idea how nuclear deterrents work.
It's a matter of policy that the US will launch all its nukes if even one nuke is launched by the other side. It only makes sense that the other side would do the same.
There is no such thing as limited nuclear war. If someone launches a nuke, all nukes are launched.
And that's why nukes work, they take war to its logical conclusion: everyone dies.
The US and Russia have enough nukes to destroy the entire world many times over. It doesn't matter where you are, you'll either die quickly or slowly, but you'll die none the less.
- scotty79 5y agoIt makes no sense whatsoever. I don't think Putin expects that after lauching one nuke US launches thousand. It's more flexible then that and this article specifically talks about that.
- dkjaudyeqooe 5y agoThe US states that that is an option it make take. It does indeed make no sense, that's why it's called Mutually Assured Destruction, and it works. If it didn't take this position, it then makes nuclear war more likely. It is actually a logical position to take since you can assume tit for tat nuclear strikes are a given, so there is no advantage to drawing it out. It may of course not take the option, but the opponent doesn't know what it will do. It's all a part of the nuclear force being a deterrent to war.
- scotty79 5y agoMAD doesn't mean what you think it means. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction It requires only equal or greater response if the country is attacked. It's completely within the doctrine to respond to a single nuke detonated by Putin on Ukrainian soil targetting Nato military forces, with a single Nato nuke, also on Ukrainian soil targetting Russian military forces.