What about the same crap, but twice as big in terms of population, and twice as insane in terms of politics/leadership? Spreading all over the planet?
Hm?
But what government are you comparing the PRC to? There have/has been plenty of governments in the present and the past in human history
I'm not comparing it to any particular government. I'm just saying it's bad enough, and that it can very well turn much worse, as in completely irrational and/or desperate.
I never thought of that. I didn't think it could be worse than what it already is (unless they go full on North Korea)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war)
Dead Hand (Russian: Система «Периметр», Systema "Perimetr", lit. "Perimeter" System, with the GRAU Index 15E601, Cyrillic: 15Э601),[1] also known as Perimeter,[2] is a Cold War-era automatic nuclear weapons-control system that was used by the Soviet Union.[3] General speculation from insiders alleges that the system remains in use in the post-Soviet Russian Federation as well.[4][5] An example of fail-deadly and mutual assured destruction deterrence, it can automatically trigger the launch of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by sending a pre-entered highest-authority order from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Strategic Missile Force Management to command posts and individual silos if a nuclear strike is detected by seismic, light, radioactivity, and pressure sensors even with the commanding elements fully destroyed. By most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during times of crisis; however, it is said to remain fully functional and able to serve its purpose whenever it may be needed.[6] A similar system existed in the U.S. known as the AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS).
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In the perspective of nuclear deterrence, it's a crazy doomsday machine, it's a giant "don't fuck with us" weapon system.
Crazy yes, but rational... As long as you make sure your adversary knows full well that you have that sort of crap in store. It's deterrence.
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Now when this type of stuff turns totally batshit insane irrational, is when you build them and tell... Nobody. It's no longer deterrence, it's full blown psychopathy
>There have been cryptic clues over the years that Perimeter still exists. Which illustrates one of the curiosities of this system, which is that the Soviet Union kept its existence secret from the American enemy whom it was supposed to deter.
Maybe the US failed to get some "cryptic clues", maybe they did and didn't believe in those... And maybe we inadvertently dodged a nuclear holocaust on this one
That's interesting, I never knew of this
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