zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agoU.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cutswww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down17cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkU.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cutswww.nytimes.comzephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 7 months agomessage-square77fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarepingveno@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·7 months agoAgain, it’s not a matter of numbers. It’s a matter of maintaining a credible MAD threat so that any adversaries does not see nuclear war as a viable option. Nuclear weapons are meant to be brandished credibly as a response, not used.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoI’m pretty sure that numbers are how you present a credible MAD threat.
Again, it’s not a matter of numbers. It’s a matter of maintaining a credible MAD threat so that any adversaries does not see nuclear war as a viable option. Nuclear weapons are meant to be brandished credibly as a response, not used.
I’m pretty sure that numbers are how you present a credible MAD threat.