The guy has no idea on how many watts you need to be effective at "some distance"
Plus, a first strike is useless if you are then zapped by counter strike.... so.... nothing new.
We had the MAD in place for years, let's hope it remains in place
Yup. I guess OP has no idea just how much energy a large thundercloud is capable of producing, but science is something that doesn't need to be considered by Q followers in their pursuit of fear porn.
A counter strike could work if the ability to launch one wasn't wiped out. It is conceivable that the enemy will try to take out your retaliatory weapons first. Joel Skousen mentions this concept at https://www.worldaffairsbrief.com/keytopics/threats.html about halfway down.
we are talking nukes here, so it is USA - Russia and will soon be China
You know all of them have submarines, with multiple warhead ?
You know the so call "triad" deterrence ?
so, it is still the MAD doctrine and let's hope it stays as it was
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