also, this is an incredible statement, they're basically moaning that China would be able to respond effectively to a nuclear first strike by the burger empire

Asian defence officials said a joint early warning system would also allow China to launch nuclear weapons upon receiving warning of an impending nuclear strike. That would mark a shift from its strategy of using nuclear weapons only in retaliation against a strike that has already occurred — a change that nuclear experts believe Beijing has long contemplated.

https://archive.ph/KgDfJ

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
    hexbear
    42
    1 month ago

    I worry that as the US crumbles it decides to take others out with with it by launching its nukes.

    It's the kind of stupid petty shit it would do

    • nat_turner_overdrive [he/him]
      hexbear
      32
      1 month ago

      I think managing US decline and preventing a nuclear first strike by the US are probably pretty chief among China's foreign policy concerns

      • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]
        hexbear
        4
        1 month ago

        xibe-check Xi taking old amerikkka out back behind the shed "you're a good boy, of course you're still number one" amerikkka astronaut-1

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
      hexbear
      27
      1 month ago

      Some part of me is confident that our maintenance is so shoddy that a good chunk of our warheads are just nonfunctioning now

    • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
      hexbear
      20
      1 month ago

      It's absolutely what they'd do instead of giving up their position as the #1 empire.

      The only thing that's shocking to me is that some US president didn't decide that they'd totally win a nuclear war during the Cold War.

      • VILenin [he/him]
        hexbear
        20
        1 month ago

        The US president is a servant of capital. Whether or not they individually believe in winning a nuclear war is largely irrelevant. And if they get any funny ideas, they better watch out for any grassy knolls nearby.

    • Hello_Kitty_enjoyer [none/use name]
      hexbear
      17
      edit-2
      1 month ago

      3rd world countries have to be ready with an army of chalk-dust planes to seed even more shade into the atmosphere as the nukes fly

      • gulf stream collapses
      • murica wigs out and presses the button
      • a buncha planes from India and African countries start blanketing the atmosphere with calcium carbonate

      global warming reversed. return to ice age