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minus-squareNeuromancer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·8 months agoI think Japan would disagree with you on that one.
minus-squareenkers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-28 months agoThat’s certainly the case today, though. The only reason it wasn’t the case then was because only one nation had nukes. Now that mutually assured destruction is a near guarantee, only seriously deranged people are eyeing the button.
minus-squareCarbonIceDragonlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoJapan was nuked at a time when the realities around nuclear weapons (namely, the hostile nation having them too, or an ally of theirs) were different. The strategy around them is dramatically different now from then.
I think Japan would disagree with you on that one.
That’s certainly the case today, though. The only reason it wasn’t the case then was because only one nation had nukes.
Now that mutually assured destruction is a near guarantee, only seriously deranged people are eyeing the button.
Japan was nuked at a time when the realities around nuclear weapons (namely, the hostile nation having them too, or an ally of theirs) were different. The strategy around them is dramatically different now from then.