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[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -5 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Russia has more nukes. It also has weaker conventional armed forces and a history of nuclear sabor rattling, hence the US and its allies being nervous about a degraded MAD system.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 year ago (8 children)

5000 nukes is already enough to end civilization, what the fuck would having even more be worth?

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (7 children)

With MAD, the idea is to be in the position that any adversary knows that if they attack you, they will be utterly annihilated. There should be no scenario under which an adversary sees a nuclear attack as advantageous. The US has aging systems and both China and Russia have been developing new capabilities. Numbers alone may not keep up, especially if a large number of missiles are disabled via nukes or other means.

[–] doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro watched Dr.Strangelove and took the wrong message

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Well, there are other parts to MAD. Things like keeping mil to mil communication open at all times, especially times of increased hostility, to avoid escalations. But in the end, it is insuring that the nuclear game is set such that it is never in anyone's best interest to set off nuclear weapons.

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