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Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-... by bryanlarsen on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:17AM (#49523129)
The "Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention" has been broken 4 times:

- NATO v Yugoslavia 1999 - India v Pakistan 1999 - Russia v Georgia 2008 - Russia v Ukraine 2014, 2022

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Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-... by fifilura on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:49AM (#49523646)
What is the denominator? I.e. how many times did it prevent war?
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Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-... by bluGill on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:21PM (#49524149)
There is no way no know. Any number is an acceptable answer. For a good answer you can find lots of reasoning/logic/history to justify your guess, but it is still a guess.
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Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-... by fifilura on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @12:26PM (#49524228)
Without it the parent post is irrelevant.
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Re:Saab Enters Collaborative Combat Aircraft Race with High-... by benxh on Tuesday September 01, 2026 @11:48AM (#49523638)
NATO v Yugoslavia 1999 is not like the others
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