Dick size contest and jewry.
Whoever has the most nukes wins. DUH! It's not like they are spending their own money on them.
Defense contractor profits is the point.
"Operation Spoilsport" A fictional (probably, maybe?) system that in the event of a loss of human command and control a computer launches all remaining available nukes toward all enemies. The more the merrier.
One part defense contractors profit obviously they would rather build more than less.
One part arms race. If you keep building better and better, you also have more
One part first strike/madd. You gotta be able to have enough nukes left after a surprise attack to turn the enemy into a wasteland. Alternatively, you want to be able to take out all the enemies nukes at once, and have them by the balls.
So the only way to stay in the same place is to run forward as fast as possible
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