I saw some people in the Ukraine megathread advocating for Russia to not launch the nukes in return if America were to nuke them, and it's scaring me the fuck out rn.

If whole premise of MAD is that a nuclear first strike, while killing your enemies, would be suicide. The whole premise is that of a Mexican standoff where if one party shoots, the other shoots also.

The suicidal nature of a nuclear first strike is the only thing keeping the world from nuclear devastation rn.

Please don't fucking advocate for victims of an American nuclear first strike to not retaliate.

(BTW, America is the only power who hasn't relinquished their right to a first strike anyways)

  • riley
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    9 months ago

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      • rubpoll [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        There is a nonzero chance most of our nukes were built by the Elon Musks of the 60's.

        • invo_rt [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          That and as of a few years ago, there was apparently a big training/morale issue with the nuclear arsenal branch of the Air Force. The staff of the nuclear facilities had really low morale and were apparently smoking pot and doing LSD lol.