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The last thing you want is for a nuclear armed country to think "we can launch a few nukes - our missile defense will shield us from retaliation".
by AinderS 4y ago
The last thing you want is for a nuclear armed country to think "we can launch a few nukes - our missile defense will shield us from retaliation".
- selfhoster11 4y agoThey would be less likely to launch them. Nukes are expensive, so what's the point of launching them if they'll be reliably shot down by the enemy?
- AinderS 4y agoThe implication was that they would be launched at an enemy without reliable missile defense.