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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by ganafagol on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @04:29AM (#25134804)
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.

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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test by samus on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @07:23AM (#25135972)
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.
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