Or maybe they would have just nuked a random enemy of theirs that was in that local area of the world. Of which, I am sure there are many. The game theory of

Or maybe they would have just nuked a random enemy of theirs that was in that local area of the world. Of which, I am sure there are many. The game theory of nukes doesn't work if irrational actor have control of them. There are also lot of examples of authoritarian dictators committing warcrimes in that part of the world. And all it takes it one to cause large amounts of damage, if they have a nuke.