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Due to anthropic selection effects, we don't know how many wars were really caused by nuclear weapons...
by cousin_it 13y ago
Due to anthropic selection effects, we don't know how many wars were really caused by nuclear weapons...
- rbanffy 13y agoMany wars of the late 20th century were proxy wars between nuclear powers. My bet is that, without MAD, they would have happened anyway, with the powers fighting directly. It would be very ugly. Besides, we may need nukes to vaporize incoming asteroids. They can also be handy if you need to quickly dig a hole, move a mountain or if you need a cannon that can reach orbiting spacecraft.