Deterrence may be the only way to avoid WWIII.

Five billion is a tentative estimate. I haven’t checked the price of 235U and 239Pu on AliExpress.

  • Utter_Karate [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Same reason Iran doesn’t. The political costs are really bad. Never mind that the US is already sanctioning Iran, deciding to get nuclear weapons would not be a popular move with Iran’s allies and probably not with its own population if it was done when there is no pressing need for it.