Ya, it's mostly wishful thinking, like you know if there is a nuclear exchange between Russia and the US, a sub commander in the Pacific will try and nuke China for no reason other than racism. Like he will Slim Pickens' it if he has too.
However, the US nuclear command system is extremely convoluted and old. There are literally hundreds of systems that have to communicate with each other to launch the arsenal. And a lot of this is due to the extremely aggressive US nuclear posture, so you need all these checks and counterchecks to prevent unauthorized launch. Like the biggest irony would be if this all failed becuase the US has been the primary nuclear aggressor since 1945. But you just know they will manage to somehow launch all the missiles but they will also target every national capital in the world by accident.
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Ya, it's mostly wishful thinking, like you know if there is a nuclear exchange between Russia and the US, a sub commander in the Pacific will try and nuke China for no reason other than racism. Like he will Slim Pickens' it if he has too.
However, the US nuclear command system is extremely convoluted and old. There are literally hundreds of systems that have to communicate with each other to launch the arsenal. And a lot of this is due to the extremely aggressive US nuclear posture, so you need all these checks and counterchecks to prevent unauthorized launch. Like the biggest irony would be if this all failed becuase the US has been the primary nuclear aggressor since 1945. But you just know they will manage to somehow launch all the missiles but they will also target every national capital in the world by accident.
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Damn. They really want to sink and lay waste to the US if that happen.