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| Topic | So if all the nuclear-powered first world countries... |
| DarkTransient 06/10/18 9:22:23 PM #7: | averagejoel posted... admittedly I'm not too familiar with the situation in Iran, so I'll have to get back to you on that. but the DPRK's nuclear weapons program is 100% a deterrent Yeah, pretty much this for the weapons side of things. North Korea are crazy, but they aren't stupid. They know that using even just one (outside of test detonations within their own borders) would bring the world's wrath to the point NK would likely cease to exist. The only time they're going to use them is if they're in a situation where they're going to face that outcome anyway - may as well go out with a bang. (And by extension, the threat of them doing that is the deterrent. Which is also very in line with the strategy of most other nuclear-armed countries too.) --- ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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