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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by Cthulhu_ on Monday October 11, 2021 @05:46AM (#28826539)
It kinda makes sense, because MAD has kept people from nuking freely. But there were a few close calls.

That said, if e.g. only the US had nukes after WW2, they would be the world's dictator. I mean they already are very influential everywhere, but they don't have absolute power at least. Still wouldn't want to be at war with them though.

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Re:Maryland nuclear engineer and spouse arrested on espionag... by perl4ever on Monday October 11, 2021 @12:34PM (#28830147)
"the earlier development of the Soviet bomb may have had one significant benefit to the world, a balance of power; the author is convinced that this prevented the United States from using their bomb on North Korea"

The other side of the coin was the Rosenbergs were blamed for casualties in the Korean war.

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