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India's Inadvertent Missile Launch Underscores Risk of Accidental Nuclear War

• Synaesthesia 5y ago
  We really need to get rid of these things. Why play with fire?
  • tiagod 5y ago
    Wouldn't you consider getting rid of them based on trust everyone else is doing the same playing with fire as well?
    • Synaesthesia 5y ago
      Better than the current situation.
  • anaganisk 5y ago
    Thats how Ukraine gave up its nukes decades earlier. Now Russia is in their front yard.
• karmakaze 5y ago
  The link for 'was an accident'[0] from the article says: > "On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," the Indian Ministry of Defence said in a three-paragraph statement. This seems about the same level of competence as storing plaintext passwords. Presumably this accident occurred either without launch codes, or with launch codes in the hands of unauthorized personnel. [0] https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-seeks-answers-india-after-crash-mystery-flying-object-2022-03-10/ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/pakistan-seeks-an...