…Because countries are less willing to fight wars due to the possibility of escalating into a nuclear war.
This is a common thing I see repeated throughout the internet. I wonder what’s Lemmy’s opinion on this.
…Because countries are less willing to fight wars due to the possibility of escalating into a nuclear war.
This is a common thing I see repeated throughout the internet. I wonder what’s Lemmy’s opinion on this.
It’s impossible to confirm this, because we don’t have data on a world in 2025 where nuclear weapons never existed.
One example against this that comes immediately to mind is North Korea. They say there without nukes for decades without being attacked. Now this might have been because Russia and/or China served as nuclear deterrents, but it could also be the case that in a world sans nukes would see the same result just because China has a huge conventional army. I mean they did back NK during the Korean War, as did America with SK.