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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by La1n on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:17AM (#25134710)
>The most realistic, and highest success chance scenario is that North Korea will coordinate attack with China.

The most realistic scenario is that the nukes are not used to initiate an attack. They are there for defense, not to start a war.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by baybal2 on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:33AM (#25134845)
How are you going do "defend" with your nukes, when the first think the enemy will do is to shoot your silos, airfields, and send their whole fleet to hunt down your icbm submarines?

You don't need to defend your ballistic missiles if you already fired them.

Ballistic missiles are an inherently offensive weapon.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by La1n on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @05:04AM (#25135035)
>How are you going do "defend" with your nukes,

By making the chance that someone would even be willing to attack you a lot lower. MAD is a defensive strategy, not offensive.

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