return2ozma@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoRussia says it rehearsed delivering a massive retaliatory nuclear strikewww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1115arrow-down114
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minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoThey better! Deterrence doesn’t work if your adversary doesn’t know how launch in time.
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·edit-211 months agoWell, Russia is a dead empire, a failed state anyway. There would be very little benefit for the US in nuking them at this point. The real deterrence for USA is probably China – if not already, then at least very soon.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoThere is no benefit for anyone nuking anyone. Nukes are a negative sum game. Use them and everybody loses.
minus-squarevzq@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoAs long as they maintain thousands of mated warheads and the related delivery systems, deterrence is relevant. The fact that they are fucking themselves up in other ways makes it more relevant, not less.
minus-squareCycloprolene@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·11 months ago failed state anyway Sir, i don’t think you understand what a failed state is.
minus-squarefosforus@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·11 months agoWait, what year is this? WHAT YEAR
They better!
Deterrence doesn’t work if your adversary doesn’t know how launch in time.
Well, Russia is a dead empire, a failed state anyway. There would be very little benefit for the US in nuking them at this point.
The real deterrence for USA is probably China – if not already, then at least very soon.
There is no benefit for anyone nuking anyone. Nukes are a negative sum game. Use them and everybody loses.
As long as they maintain thousands of mated warheads and the related delivery systems, deterrence is relevant.
The fact that they are fucking themselves up in other ways makes it more relevant, not less.
Sir, i don’t think you understand what a failed state is.
Wait, what year is this? WHAT YEAR