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Re:SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Z... by njarboe on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @02:50PM (#16109268)
Seems much easier to smuggle nukes into a country and just have them on standby in safe houses of the enemy country's large cities. The political fallout of getting caught doing that might be huge, but back in the Cold War I could see the CIA or KGB wanting to give it a try. Even if the US or the USSR (or smaller powers like France) was caught smuggling a nuke, it would likely be kept under wraps. The political system of a country would not want people fearing possible hidden foreign nukes where they live.

This scenario might make an interesting book or movie plot, but I have never heard of one. Spy novel with nukes.

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Re:SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Z... by ddalex on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @04:24PM (#16110250)
The Peacemaker is a 1990's movie with this exact plot.
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Re:SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Z... by goldenkey on Tuesday January 09, 2018 @10:27PM (#16112355)
It's also the name of one of the most popular revolvers in American history. [1]

I don't know what it's called but I love when something is nicknamed for the antithesis of what it's meant to do: guns/nukes -- killing people. Peacemaker? You be the judge... [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt_Single_Action_Army

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction

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Re:SpaceX says its rocket performed exactly as intended in Z... by njarboe on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @01:35AM (#16112953)
Si vis pacem, para bellum - If you want peace, prepare for war. Roman proverb.

So far nukes have kept the great nations out of war, but the possible Black Swan event of a large nuclear exchange is a doozy.

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