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Re:Missilemap by edraferi on Monday August 28, 2017 @07:26AM (#15115817)
United States, Russia, China, India, Pakistan, France, North Korea...

They are "used" passively. Any country that has the ability to create a nuclear explosion is constantly using them as diplomatic leverage. Even if you don't detonate them, even if you don't talk about them directly, the capability alone shapes reality.

Re:Missilemap by _Codemonkeyism on Monday August 28, 2017 @08:50AM (#15116171)
The video is about activly using nuclear weapons in a war.

Parent was

"One of the big worries I have is that a losing super power would turn to nukes once conventional weapons stores are exhausted."