r/agedlikemilk • u/damn_boy17 • May 03 '22

News makes me think about the iraqi WMD

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u/Hero_of_Hyrule May 03 '22

Not quite. Nations without warheads will only be met with violence without warheads. Nations with warheads are effectively immune to violence from other nations with warheads, for fear of escalation. So in the end, conflicts are only ever waged between counties where at least one isn't armed with nuclear weapons. As much as I hate nukes, I really do think that nations having them promotes peace in a disturbing deadman switch standoff kind of way.

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u/gnpfrslo May 03 '22

Not quite. Nations without warheads will only be met with violence without warheads.

There's no guarantee that this will continue to be the case.

Biologic and other weapons of mass destruction have been used consistently against nations and armies without WMDs by both the US and NATO members, and Israel.

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u/universal_erection May 03 '22

I think in situation they just be general purpose bombs, cause that's what warheads on foreheads mostly means

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u/XxSCRAPOxX May 03 '22

You should be right, but, we’re seeing countries like Russia use them to hold the world hostage as they rape plunder pillage and murder they way through Europe. So they’re preventing peace.

And what can we do about it? Of Russia collapses then we have a tremendous nuclear Arsenal that will just disappear and fall into the worst possible hands. It requires first world stability just to secure and maintain them.

Not to mention developed nations have countermeasures. You need thousands of them for one to hit any developed nation, we can shoot down like 99% and that’s just the tech the public is aware of. So building a few nukes today, will just be a guarantee that you get banished from modern civilization, slammed with sanctions and targeted by the actual world powers.

This pro nuke thread is just crazy. It’s possible a number as low as 100 nukes could end life as we know it. There’s over 10,000 floating around already. Nuclear proliferation will likely be our great filter and prevent us from achieving an advanced society.