…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.
I get the feeling though that MAD is wearing off. Countries are rightfully terrified of using nuclear weapons to the point that they are testing attacks against each other through thinly-veiled proxies.
Two years ago NATO was scared of allowing Ukraine to attack Russia, for fear of defensive nuclear strikes. Today we know that Russia will not even use nuclear weapons in self-defence.
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Russia threatened that it will use nuclear weapons as soon as the Ukraine attacks russia back on russian soil.
Ukraine attacked russia on russian soil, and russia didn’t use nuclear weapons. Because it’s too afraid of nukes being returned to them.
Oh ok, I see ty