also, this is an incredible statement, they’re basically moaning that China would be able to respond effectively to a nuclear first strike by the burger empire

Asian defence officials said a joint early warning system would also allow China to launch nuclear weapons upon receiving warning of an impending nuclear strike. That would mark a shift from its strategy of using nuclear weapons only in retaliation against a strike that has already occurred — a change that nuclear experts believe Beijing has long contemplated.

https://archive.ph/KgDfJ

  • Navaryn
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    1 month ago

    iirc John Oliver talked about a particular missile silo which is so old the computers still use punched cards, and there is no soldier who is actually trained on those systems. The door of that same silo is also always open, because it broke and they don’t know how to fix it

    • Nax
      11·
      1 month ago

      apparently that missile silo went out of commission in the 80s bc of the issue of modernization. now it’s just a museum. it’s the titan missile silo in green valley, arizona. i’m guessing oliver refered to that one