Nuclear war. The thing we’ve all been trying to avoid since we figured out how to do it. Nuclear deterrence. The way we try to avoid it. Unlike other forms of warfare, all destructive in their own right, nuclear weapons bring massive payloads to areas with a single strike. Since 1945, the world has learned the power of nuclear weapons, and it’s been a catch-22 from then on … [Read more...]
Mutually Assured Destruction Is Preventing Nuclear War
Have you ever wondered why we haven’t all just been blown up by now? I mean, there’s no debate; we could almost certainly do it. H*ll, America alone could do a decent job wiping out humanity, and when you throw in the Russian nuclear forces as well as nuclear weapons from China, it’s easy to see a variety of doomsday scenarios that all end in total global annihilation. Nuclear … [Read more...]