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The nuclear deterrent works because of MAD. If only one nation had the capacity for nuclear weapons, there's a strong case to be made that we'd be living in a t
by agent_turtle 1y ago
The nuclear deterrent works because of MAD. If only one nation had the capacity for nuclear weapons, there's a strong case to be made that we'd be living in a totalitarian world state or at the very least vassals to the dominant state.
- altcognito 1y agoThe US had a monopoly on nuclear weapons for nearly four years.
- agent_turtle 1y agoCool, now imagine if Nazi Germany had that monopoly.
- snickerdoodle12 1y agoOr what would happen if something like it would happen today.
- dzhiurgis 1y agoRussia is pretty much nazi now (superior Russian genes and soul + genocide of Ukrainians) and they are not exactly swinging them but definitely sabre rattlin. Israel is not using theirs on Gaza either.
- agent_turtle 1y agoRussia does not use nukes because the US and EU exists as deterrents.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y agoAlso there's a reasonable chance that some of them won't work correctly which will then weaken Russia's show of strength
- snickerdoodle12 1y agoTo be clear I'm referring to a new superweapon or defence scheme being invented that somehow makes nukes obsolete. Imagine what Trump would do. He is already trying (and mostly failing) to strong-arm all his allies today.
- Voultapher 1y agoAnd the DoD pushed - several times - for their use in China to limit it's economic growth. Look it up.
- altcognito 1y agoI'm sure they planned to use them everywhere. Hell, we planned to blow up nuclear weapons US in order to make canals. Yet, it never happened. Actions matter.