The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.

The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    4 months ago

    Do you want to live in a world where Russia is nuking major world powers without repercussions? Because if there’s no retaliation, they’re going to nuke any country they feel like nuking.

    • Possibly linuxEnglish
      111·
      4 months ago

      Let them. The blood of millions of lives will be on there hands. Somehow I don’t think they are going to do that willy nilly. Same thing with the US. The US probably isn’t going to nuke Russia.

        • Possibly linuxEnglish
          14·
          4 months ago

          That’s part of the problem. We shouldn’t look at Russia and think senseless brutes

      • froh42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        The basic idea is not letting anyone nuke anyone else by making the consequences really really absurd.

        The doomsday machine isn’t for winning wars, it is for avoiding them.