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[–] [email protected] 77 points 7 months ago (3 children)

All this hysteria over nuclear weapons is overblown. We've known how to build them for 75 years yet there hasn't been a single one detonated on inhabited American soil. They're harmless

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You even dropped a few accidentally and nothing happened! Complete duds these things really

[–] [email protected] -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but not all people live on American soil...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

It's the American tradition to ignore that

[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

WTF?

Unless that was sarcasm that I missed... 100's of weapons have been tested on US soil..

[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

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