> Additionally, even if their nuclear forces are in shambles, it really only takes a single launch to set off nuclear war. Not really - a single launch order

> Additionally, even if their nuclear forces are in shambles, it really only takes a single launch to set off nuclear war. Not really - a single launch order has to be communicated and obeyed. No one single person can launch it. Then where is it launched to ? Uninhabited area, high altitude or a population center of a non-nuclear power? You think Russia is cancelled now - imagine after firing off a nuclear weapon - China’s existence would be at risk too Although we’d be so much closer to nuclear war there are still a few degree’s left.