some body might one day press that button!
usa with its non shrinking military budget with massive debt?
rising china now to rule
and who else?israeil in middle east? india vs pak?rise of russians again?
it is worse than before!
Much derided though it has been, I think Mutual Assured Destruction has served well to prevent nuclear holocaust. Only used in anger twice, and only because nobody else had the bomb.
The restitution of life is no great feat. A variety of deaths may well enter into your punishment
I agree. I remember at the time this movie scared me to death. So did On The Beach. I didn't find Dr Strangelove funny. I was really afraid of a nuclear war. But it's been over sixty years and none of those fears have materialized.
shareThe U.S. nuclear supremecy is what kept the peace. Mutually Assured Destruction was a stupid concept. Our numbers and technology vastly exceed the Soviets and they knew it, both in Berlin in the late 40s and during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
shareNo. The US Government had no idea what the Russians had or didn't have. In the 50s, 60s and 70s, they talked about "missile gaps" and "bomber gaps"
And the USSR had more than enough weapons to wipe out the US and Europe several times over.
The restitution of life is no great feat. A variety of deaths may well enter into your punishment
Russian technology lagged far behind ours, until the mid-70s. In the 60s the Soviets didn't have the weapons or delivery systems sophisticated enough to take on US and Europe.
That's a little changed, now.
No they didn't. Not during the Cuba Missile Crisis.
shareYeah just look how for example russia gives even a tiny *beep* about what the usa says
lol
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