• cfgaussian
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    9 months ago

    It actually does matter because it allows you to bypass missile defenses.

    • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      no, it doesn’t. first-strike brinkmanship is made up, your country & the world at large are dead whether or not you destroyed 15% of the enemy’s second-strike capability with your billion dollar extra special missile

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        9 months ago

        yeah lol, you’re not going to be able to nuke every submarine that’s out there lying in wait. the only potential advantage of something like this is that it flies for long enough for you to be able to possibly call it off without detonation