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> From my understanding nuclear war at any scale will be devastating for the entire planet, not just the aggressor. So the threat of nuclear retaliation hinges
by nordsieck 2y ago
> From my understanding nuclear war at any scale will be devastating for the entire planet, not just the aggressor. So the threat of nuclear retaliation hinges on the aggressor believing the defender to be either be suicidal a or mad.
It kind of depends on which countries you're talking about.
The US and Russia have enough nukes that if they're involved, that's definitely true.
But what about Pakistan? Or Israel? There are several nuclear powers who would have a hard time devastating a single country, not to mention the entire world.
- CuriousSkeptic 2y ago> what about Pakistan First source I found now: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2019.1680049?src=recsys https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00963402.2019.1... > the climatic effects of the smoke produced by an India-Pakistan nuclear war would not be confined to the subcontinent, or even to Asia. Those effects would be enormous and global in scope.