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I don't think that's a consensus view? Jeffrey Lewis says the opposite, - "The point is that North Korea is clearly aimed at overwhelming the US missile defens
by perihelions 3y ago
I don't think that's a consensus view? Jeffrey Lewis says the opposite,
- "The point is that North Korea is clearly aimed at overwhelming the US missile defense system in Alaska... At that cost, I am pretty sure North Korea can add warheads faster than we can add interceptors."
https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/1315005031075123202 https://twitter.com/ArmsControlWonk/status/13150050310751232...
- actionfromafar 3y agoCan someone explain - even if they got one through, wouldn't North Korea basically be a wasteland 30 minutes later?
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> even if they got one through, wouldn't North Korea basically be a wasteland 30 minutes later The idea is if to have a credible threat to keep us from acting first, as well as giving many countries a vested interest in the stability of the regime: if the Kims go, North Korea goes, and so does somebody else.
- jojobas 3y agoCongratz, you grasped the facet of MAD that is unacceptable losses - for the US a single warhead getting through is too high a price to destroy pretty much anyone.
- onion2k 3y agoThe danger is that an unstable leader would do it anyway to martyr themselves and their country.
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