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Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by yyyk on Friday March 07, 2025 @02:19PM (#43293361)
They're almost saying what I said? Effects only in the long term, and even then they may be able to manage ('scrambling').
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Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by gruez on Friday March 07, 2025 @04:30PM (#43294940)
Your original claim:

>Effects would be tiny over long term.

The experts I quoted:

>over a very long period, [...] we would be in…great difficulty

>over time we would be scrambling to keep it going

"great difficulty" and "scrambling to keep it going" isn't "almost" the same as "Effects would be tiny "

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Re:What if America turned off Britain's weapons? by yyyk on Friday March 07, 2025 @06:53PM (#43296108)
I'll grant that, though I think that when countries want nukes they get/keep them unless strongly opposed (and usually even then...) - so I don't think US can deny the system in practice.
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