▲ 72 ▼ Why did Pootin threaten the whole world with nuclear weapons, but then stopped doing so? (self.nostupidquestions) submitted 2 years ago by labbbb to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Badeendje@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* You wouldn't even need a working one. A lot of nuclear responses work by going off the moment a likely missile fitting that criteria launches, since it would be too late otherwise. Someone making the wrong decision at a given time could easily cause everything to go up in a nuclear conflagration. It's nearly happened before. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* You wouldn't even need a working one. A lot of nuclear responses work by going off the moment a likely missile fitting that criteria launches, since it would be too late otherwise. Someone making the wrong decision at a given time could easily cause everything to go up in a nuclear conflagration. It's nearly happened before. permalink fedilink source parent