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“Mutually assured destruction” is still the defense in this particular case. Anybody who thinks that America wouldn’t retaliate and turn half of east-Asia into
by Hayvok 4y ago
“Mutually assured destruction” is still the defense in this particular case.
Anybody who thinks that America wouldn’t retaliate and turn half of east-Asia into a sheet of radioactive glass is kidding themselves.
- dylan604 4y agoDoes MAD still work if the person threatening the first strike is a literal mad man that is suffering a terminal illness knowing their time is short anyways?
- ip26 4y agoIf he wants his legacy to be a newly forged Russian Empire, then maybe yes.
- dismantlethesun 4y agoIt worked well enough for Ronald Reagan who believed he was protected from assassination by psychic powers, and had Alzheimer’s while in office. A nation is stronger than just the leader. Even in the age of kings, subordinates aristocrats wouldn’t walk willingly into a no win situation.