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Denuclearization was dead the instant a second country, that was counter to any other country, obtained nukes. Sure, I'll agree to disarm, but you do it first, as a sign of goodwill. Ha! Now you have gotten rid of the only thing keeping me from attacking you, while I kept my whole stockpile!
It was a pipe dream that all people that have this weapon would simultaneously give them up. There are, in many cases, the sole reason that a war does not break out between them. Now that regimes that could care less about mutually assured destruction (some even seem to desire that) have obtained this weapon, even the pipe dream is dead.
It was a pipe dream that all people that have this weapon would simultaneously give them up. There are, in many cases, the sole reason that a war does not break out between them. Now that regimes that could care less about mutually assured destruction (some even seem to desire that) have obtained this weapon, even the pipe dream is dead.
Denuclearization Is Dead, Now Let’s Bury It
Posted from thediplomat.com
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Posted >1 y ago
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"Having" a nuke and "using" a nuke are two different things. For a lot of nations, the "having" part is deterrent enough or leverage enough for their local business. Case in point being India and Pakistan. It is debatable whether or not either country could survive its own weapons launches. But - when your target is one rickshaw away, that hardly matters. Same with North Korea. They will talk nuke, play nuke and basically throw a parade full of trucks towing "nuke like" objects on them (covered with a silver shroud to add to the bullshit) but its highly unlikely that little Kim could hurt anyone other than a few peasants unlucky enough to be under the big-dong-II (or whatever name it is...) when it falls back to its pad during launch and detonates.
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Nuclear weapons were inevitable. Even if you eliminated them all tonight, somebody could start building more at any moment in the future.
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