Re:Silicon Valley wants to power the U.S. war machine
by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:23AM
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Incentives were aligned better there, though. Disarmament happened only to the extent it didn't threaten the MAD doctrine, and it reduced ongoing maintenance costs for everyone involved.
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Re:Silicon Valley wants to power the U.S. war machine
by JumpCrisscross on Tuesday November 02, 2021 @08:31AM
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> Disarmament happened only to the extent it didn't threaten the MAD doctrine, and it reduced ongoing maintenance costs for everyone involved.
The U.S. and USSR were the only countries embracing MAD. The other nuclear powers embraced flavors of what we now call minimal deterrence [1]. (Think it's helpful to know deterrence theory has options other than MAD.)