Going head to head with another nuclear power is just stupid.🙄
I’m phrasing it poorly indeed.
What advantage does having nukes give if they must never be used (again). What benefit has having some degree of nuclear weaponry conferred upon North Korea? Pakistan? South Africa? Has it made Israel safer? How much have spent developing, deploying, and maintaining our triad? If all players in the nuclear club understand and tacitly agree not to use them, what is the benefit and by what metrics is it measured?
I’m not a greenie peacenik or a disarm-first loon at all but perhaps the world’s worst kept secret is that many nuclear war scenarios are role played and war gamed as survivable with considerable casualties.
How truly close has the world been to large scale nuclear combat over the years? Does the public even know?