• nekandro@lemmy.mlOP
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    4 months ago

    The implication being that somebody wants to launch a nuclear strike on Russia.

    Attacking a country’s nuclear triad is cause for a nuclear retaliatory strike under all non-NFU doctrines. If Russia can’t identify whether an incoming object is a nuclear strike, any no first use doctrine goes out the window.

    This is pushing us straight towards nuclear war with our eyes closed.

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      4 months ago

      How is that the implication when there are lots of other explanations, one even given above?

      If the target costs more than the missile (including the opportunity cost), and/or the target is a high priority for repairs, it makes sense to target it. It doesn’t need to be more complicated than that.

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        4 months ago

        I guess the fear of nukes has waned since the end of the Cold War.

        Y’all will literally sacrifice the entire world so long as Russia loses.

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      4 months ago

      Our eyes aren’t closed. The ruling class wants it. The proles have been taught to want it - just go to any thread discussing Russia or China, you’ll see calls to bomb Three Gorges Damb or just a broad “bomb the blyats” (actual quote). Our eyes aren’t closed at all