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Thank you, I will check out the book. Yes I forgot that it is essentially economics at the core of it. All of the same economic arguments also apply to biologic

Thank you, I will check out the book. Yes I forgot that it is essentially economics at the core of it. All of the same economic arguments also apply to biological weapons too. Here's to hoping neither is ever used.

sillywalk 3y ago
> Here's to hoping neither is ever used. To nitpick: Hope they're never used again. I'd also argue that all of the states that have nuclear weapons have historically used them as a bargaining chip or trump card. Employing them, on the other hand.. To add to more Nuclear War / Strategic Theory info is another RAND fellow, Herman Kahn[0][1], and his book On Thermonuclear War [2] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Kahn [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/fat-man https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2005/06/27/fat-man [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thermonuclear_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thermonuclear_War