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Re:What to Do If a Nuclear Disaster Is Imminent by adrianN on Thursday September 29, 2022 @01:58AM (#33016973)
Are we no longer doing MAD? Where you promise to turn kill everything no matter how small the attack was?
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Re:What to Do If a Nuclear Disaster Is Imminent by dirtyid on Thursday September 29, 2022 @02:06AM (#33017032)
MAD is more for large scale counter value exchanges. Nonstrategic / theatre level / tactical nuclear use was always on the table and IMO probable when nuclear states become cornered. Here's a CRS report on it from this year.

https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/RL32572.pdf

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