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Welp, hope you've all been saving your bottlecaps.
I've been hiding them all around my house in every openable container, so even in the event that I don't survive, a lone wanderer can at least benefit from my mild alcoholism.
The Security Dilemma of international relations: Keeping your own country safe requires doing things that will make your neighbours feel less safe.
The more nations that have them, the higher the chance they'll be used. It's going to happen sooner than we think.
I actually think the Star TREK First Contact dates may be right.
I thought Japan could never have an army again after WW2, never mind nukes??
Rules don’t seem to apply anymore, so fuck it
They had restrictions on their military, which were recently (in the last decade or so) lifted.
Ask USA for some...
I need em too.
Every country needs to have a nuke, based on what we're seeing the US and Israel do to Palestine and what Russia is doing to Ukraine.
Like is Palestine going to nuke us or Israel in your fantasy?
Denmark needs the nuke too to protect it self from Russia, but also the US.
Med plutonium tvingar vi dansken på knä
Short answer is yes. Trump has proven that any alliance is useless. So every country needs the ultimate deterrent. That means nuclear and a reliable delivery system. Thats the only way Russia, the us, China or other aggressors can be held at bay. Ukraine and Venezuela probably both regretting decisions that removed their deterrent.
Short answer is yes. Trump has proven that any alliance is useless. So every country needs the ultimate deterrent.
Good point.
Any nation that wants to keep their sovereignty needs nukes. Agreements like the Budapest Memorandum were a mistake for some of the countries involved (Ukraine).
Lol, I wonder when Ukrainians will connect the dots that they're in this position solely because they put their faith into western powers that didn't deliver on their side of the bargain.
This is the correct answer.
The only thing that keeps imperialism at bay is mutually-assured destruction.
This is scary for the increased risk of some pretty terrible outcomes but with US security guarantees as untrustworthy as they have become then actions like this are tough to argue against
If I was a South Korean or Taiwanese government official working to ensure future sovereignty, I'd be considering the same
I wouldn't be surprised if a bloc forms between Indo-Asia countries, providing mutual aid, nukes, and trade to box in China. Phillipines, Taiwan, India, Korea, Japan, Australia, all have good reasons to cooperate.
Anyone else feeling WW3 vibes yet? No? Just me? K
Rising fascism all over the place, what can possibly go wrong
Well, that's what happens when you elect a fascist.