• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    The point, as I understand it, is that nuclear war can be technically won by nuking the enemy to smithereens and tanking their nukes as best as possible. The concern here is that because this would technically count as a victory, that it is a battle tactic that elitist assholes in the government have no doubt considered using.

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      14 hours ago

      Maybe you can take out the air fields and the silos before anything has left the ground, maybe, but the subs are already out at sea.

      MIRV makes interception dubious…

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        8 hours ago

        MIRV doesn’t deploy until after re-entry. Modern interception occurs mid course, in orbit.

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      13 hours ago

      It doesn’t matter how well you can tank the enemy nukes when yours alone still fuck the climate and ruin the biosphere.

      But yeah, some numpty with their head up their ass probably plans on ruling over the ashes.