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A comment on Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age.

Re:Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age by peterpathname on Sunday February 09, 2014 @12:31AM (#7204508)
in my opinion, no order to deploy nuclear weapons can ever possible come from a sane commander. any such order should be refused.
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Re:Unsung Hero of the Nuclear Age by Houshalter on Sunday February 09, 2014 @02:24AM (#7204740)
Well nuclear missiles can be used on military targets, or targeted on infrastructure or to strategically poison areas with radiation. I think what you object to is MAD.

As terrible as it is, it does likely prevent wars from happening in the first place. Even if the world is stable now, it may not always be so and it wasn't in the past.

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