• fosforus@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      There is no benefit for anyone nuking anyone. Nukes are a negative sum game. Use them and everybody loses.

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      1 year ago

      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.