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I guess many countries on a budget look at this as a "cheap" nuke nowadays, something a few extra steps of physics could make easy reachable, without having to

I guess many countries on a budget look at this as a "cheap" nuke nowadays, something a few extra steps of physics could make easy reachable, without having to pay for the whole nuclear force "shebang". Thanks russia, thanks china, thanks usa - one world locked in a eternal Mexican standoff it is. Future generations are going to look at the collapse of Assads regime as the last "downfalls" without nail-biting. I wouldnt want to work at the IAA right now.

talldayo 2y ago
> I guess many countries on a budget look at this as a "cheap" nuke nowadays, something a few extra steps of physics could make easy reachable Countries on a budget do not have the resources to create a CERN-like accelerator. In a relative sense, building a nuke with enriched uranium is the "cheap" option compared to amassing enough antimatter for even a kiloton yield. > Thanks russia, thanks china, thanks usa - one world locked in a eternal Mexican standoff it is We've been in this spot since the 60s. Nukes got the ball rolling and ICBMs hammered in the idea that you cannot escape nukes if your enemy doesn't want you to. > Future generations are going to look at the collapse of Assads regime as the last "downfalls" without nail-biting. Perhaps if they all live under rocks. The past 10 years of the Syrian revolution were absolutely a nailbiter, with Assad torturing, systematically executing and mass-burying his own citizens and political opposition. There were stockpiles of chemical weapons, underground concentration camps and Putin could launch an missile attack or airstrike with a phone call and enough money offered. Syria's citizens only knew they were safe when Assad ran out of money. They suffered under Russia's oppression for 10 long years and thousands of people died horrific and unjust deaths. If anything, the fact that Assad was allowed to keep Syria this long is a condemnation of western diplomacy as a whole.

talldayo 2y ago

> I guess many countries on a budget look at this as a "cheap" nuke nowadays, something a few extra steps of physics could make easy reachable Countries on a budget do not have the resources to create a CERN-like accelerator. In a relative sense, building a nuke with enriched uranium is the "cheap" option compared to amassing enough antimatter for even a kiloton yield. > Thanks russia, thanks china, thanks usa - one world locked in a eternal Mexican standoff it is We've been in this spot since the 60s. Nukes got the ball rolling and ICBMs hammered in the idea that you cannot escape nukes if your enemy doesn't want you to. > Future generations are going to look at the collapse of Assads regime as the last "downfalls" without nail-biting. Perhaps if they all live under rocks. The past 10 years of the Syrian revolution were absolutely a nailbiter, with Assad torturing, systematically executing and mass-burying his own citizens and political opposition. There were stockpiles of chemical weapons, underground concentration camps and Putin could launch an missile attack or airstrike with a phone call and enough money offered. Syria's citizens only knew they were safe when Assad ran out of money. They suffered under Russia's oppression for 10 long years and thousands of people died horrific and unjust deaths. If anything, the fact that Assad was allowed to keep Syria this long is a condemnation of western diplomacy as a whole.