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Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile by MadcapJake on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:10AM (#16493131)
> It's like saying you provoked a burglar by putting a bigger lock on your door.

This is a poor analogy due to a nation-state not being analogous to a burglar. Especially due to a burglar being a deviant and a nation-state not (inherently) being a deviant. Also in your scenario, one party is deviant and the other is protecting their home (one-sided).

A defensive act like setting up missile shields runs counter to "mutually assured destruction" (it's not so mutual when one side has a missile shield).

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Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile by Const-me on Thursday March 01, 2018 @11:46AM (#16493570)
> and a nation-state not (inherently) being a deviant.

I think modern Russia is a deviant. Here’s a recent news about high-ranking officials doing large-scale international drug trafficking, using a government jet for that:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/russia-argent...

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Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile by cgmg on Saturday March 03, 2018 @10:01AM (#16509492)
What do you mean by “a nation-state not being a deviant”? Any nation-state that used nuclear weapons to attack would most definitely be a deviant.
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