Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test
by lambdasquirrel on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @03:04AM
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Well the kicker is that the North Korean foreign policy is predicated on them trying to appear as insane as possible to other people, without really being actually too insane. And maybe ironically, not really an act that any sane person want to play or be a part of.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test
by ganafagol on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:29AM
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But the people involved literally don't have a choice. What do you think their alternative is? Let it be, go home, take a beer out of the fridge, lay down on the sofa, watch some football and call it a day? That's not how the life of those generals looks like.
Easy to claim what "a sane person" would do from the arrogant POV of a western average citizen, but reality looks very different.
Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test
by samus on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:23AM
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Their defense policy is the same as the US: don't attack, else you risk slagging of your city/ies. This is the core of MAD. You don't maintain MAD by not promising you are going to shoot back.