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Nuclear weapons in general do no good to overall world security, that doesn't seem to stop anybody. The UK's strategy is unique, and, for the same reason, prob
by nknighthb 12y ago
Nuclear weapons in general do no good to overall world security, that doesn't seem to stop anybody.
The UK's strategy is unique, and, for the same reason, probably ineffective. Nobody else uses it because nobody else is willing to leave the matter in military hands. So long as a zombie Margaret Thatcher doesn't reclaim the PM's office, I doubt anyone believes that the letters instruct the captains to do anything other than report to an ally.
- arethuza 12y agoThe Soviets (and possibly the Russians) had a system called Perimetr (AKA "The Dead Hand) that was supposed to be an automate a nuclear response. I guess both the UK and the Soviets were terrified (for good reasons) of decapitation strikes - the UK because we are so close to the USSR and the Soviets because they knew how keen the US military was on "a Sunday punch" attack (as LeMay called it).