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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by chitowneats on Saturday February 04, 2023 @07:44PM (#34660238)
No one is confused about the result of the use of nuclear weapons. Has Russia used them yet in their almost year-long war against Ukraine? Has the U.S.? Update your assumptions. All major powers are exploring how they might wage war short of nukes.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by sebzim4500 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:05PM (#34660416)
>All major powers are exploring how they might wage war short of nukes.

Certainly not with balloons.

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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by chitowneats on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:29PM (#34660606)
The Chinese are a very innovative major power. Underestimate them at your own risk.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by sebzim4500 on Saturday February 04, 2023 @08:32PM (#34660636)
Yes but they are a major power because they have a large military and hundreds/thousands of strategic nuclear weapons. Not because they have some balloons.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by yazzku on Saturday February 04, 2023 @10:40PM (#34661583)
That's what they want you to believe.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by tshaddox on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:32AM (#34662528)
It’s odd to simultaneously say that nuclear weapons are irrelevant to the discussion and yet say that it would be an underestimate to expect that they probably wouldn’t rely on balloons.
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Re:U.S. military shoots down suspected Chinese surveillance ... by tshaddox on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:30AM (#34662517)
Do you think a nuclear power could wage a conventional war against the U.S. on U.S. soil without it escalating very quickly to nuclear war? That would indeed be a significant update to my assumptions. Nothing about Russia and Ukraine has caused a similar update to my assumptions for the incredibly obvious reason that Ukraine is not a nuclear power.
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