Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your garage?

Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by happyopossum on Monday July 18, 2022 @06:55PM (#32145170)

> War happens when one of two nations assumes that they are more capable of winning than another.

That’s only part of the equation - said country needs to have a desire or need to go to war as well.

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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by mmazing on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:30PM (#32145504)

Indeed. Look at the US immediately after WW2.

Huge power imbalance between USA (sole holder of all nuclear arms), and the rest of the world.

So ... yeah, kinda proves your point.

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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by bigDinosaur on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:00PM (#32146158)

Nuclear weapons were developed by the Soviets before the end of the 40's, so it was a very narrow window where the US was the sole holder of all nuclear arms (about five years).

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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by rstupek on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:46PM (#32146532)

Five years is an eternity though. The major factor was more likely we didn't have the capacity to produce a large number of nuclear weapons to tip the balance

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Re:Ask HN: What can you realistically manufacture in your ga... by lostlogin on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @03:24AM (#32148500)

> Nuclear weapons were developed by the Soviets before the end of the 40's

Developed/stolen.

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