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A country doesn't acquire nukes to use them. They acquire them to freeze specific layers of conflict. Actually using them among peers invites annihilation.
by PeterHolzwarth 1y ago
A country doesn't acquire nukes to use them. They acquire them to freeze specific layers of conflict. Actually using them among peers invites annihilation.
- swagasaurus-rex 1y agoAnnihilation, that would make a good square on the bingo board
- mensetmanusman 1y agoStatistics says even if it’s true, unintended use probability sky rockets risking nuclear winter.
- PeterHolzwarth 1y agoIt turns out (and I didn't realize this until I looked back into it just a few years ago) that the 70s/80s concept of nuclear winter is discredited and believed not to be something that would arise from a global thermonuclear holocaust.
- amoss 1y agoOn the contrary, modern research shows that the effects would be more severe and long-lasting: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006jd008235 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2006jd00...