A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) raised the question of whether Russia might be emboldened to fire a NSNW in the belief that the West lacks the resolve to deliver a nuclear response.
Nuclear weapons have one vital property: There is absolutely no way a world leader can use one, and be firmly confident that the consequences won’t come back around to impact the leader themselves, and their own family.
Not that they’re safe. But I’m glad they have that property.
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Nuclear weapons have one vital property: There is absolutely no way a world leader can use one, and be firmly confident that the consequences won’t come back around to impact the leader themselves, and their own family.
Not that they’re safe. But I’m glad they have that property.