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There's often talk about countries not pulling their weight in NATO. What's typically not in the conversation is that many of these countries have agreed not to
by swader999 3y ago
There's often talk about countries not pulling their weight in NATO. What's typically not in the conversation is that many of these countries have agreed not to have nuclear forces. They rely on alliances instead and the world is likely safer. It might be simpler, perhaps less costly to ditch a large military, treaty obligations and just rely on a hundred nukes for invasion deterrence.
- wbl 3y agoA hundred nukes is surprisingly few. Sure you burn down Moscow but I doubt the orcs care. Nukes can't even kill infantry in trenches cost effectively let alone tanks.
- ben_w 3y agoOne nuke in the right place (around 400 km up) destroys a power grid, meaning oil isn't getting pumped, delivered to the refinery, turned into fuel, sent to the troop carriers, so the mechanised infantry are now limited to foot travel, and even simple bullets aren't going to be mass-produced and delivered to the front lines.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> might be simpler, perhaps less costly to ditch a large military, treaty obligations and just rely on a hundred nukes for invasion deterrence This is how you get nuclear war, or at least the normalisation of tactical nukes on the battlefield [1]. It's the world we're heading towards, given the direction American deterrence credibility has been heading. [1] https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/11/18/the-war-in-ukraine-a-major-third-nuclear-age-crisis_6004714_23.html https://www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/11/18/the-war...
- baybal2 3y ago[dead]
- hackerlight 3y agoThey are starting to pull their weight now. The problem with your idea is accidents[1] and madmen. In a world where equipment always functions properly and humans aren't capable of forming groups like ISIS, then sure. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_close_calls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_close_calls
- swader999 3y agoYeah I'm not saying it's a better way, just that NATO with low contributors has helped to reduce proliferation which might give us reason to tolerate the low contributions a little more than we seem to.
- yesco 3y agoTimes have changed, and they changed 10 years ago: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wales_summit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Wales_summit