Re:How the UK lost its shipbuilding industry
by energy123 on Monday November 10, 2025 @06:51AM
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Nuclear weapons are overrated. Multiple countries already invaded a nuclear power (1973 Yom Kippur War) and nothing happened. If Egypt wasn't afraid of nukes, what makes you so confident that your future enemy will be?
It's an empathy gap. You are rightly cautious of nukes, but you then project that mindset onto belligerents, which is the mistake. A very important rule in strategic planning is to avoid projecting your own calculations onto the enemy.
Even nuclear powers need to meet the pacing challenge and be able to win, or at least be able to have enough asymmetric capabilities in the arsenal to add to deterrence, and force a frozen conflict if necessary.
It's an empathy gap. You are rightly cautious of nukes, but you then project that mindset onto belligerents, which is the mistake. A very important rule in strategic planning is to avoid projecting your own calculations onto the enemy.
Even nuclear powers need to meet the pacing challenge and be able to win, or at least be able to have enough asymmetric capabilities in the arsenal to add to deterrence, and force a frozen conflict if necessary.