Turns out, having a bunch of nukes is a pretty foolproof deterrent
OP’s learning what we kids knew in the 80s.
War is just another game,
Tailor made for the insane,
But make a threat of their annihilation,
And nobody wants to play,
If that’s the only thing that keeps the peace,
[Chorus] Then thank God for the bomb!
I mean… for now. How long until drones with thrusters on their backs can land on a missle and redirect it wherever they want?
Give Ukraine 6months they’ll figure it out
We already have it, they’re called nuclear bombs, and MAD.
How is that fool proof?
Hasn’t failed yet (yes I know that’s the survivorship bias fallacy)
This points to a flaw in your question.
You probably should have said “foolproof countermeasure” if you really just wanted to remove nukes as a factor to see what happens.
But you said “foolproof deterrent” and now you’re quibbling at people over whether a psychological deterrent can actually be foolproof.
Maybe not, but then your question is nonsensical. The fact is that we are already using guaranteed total destruction of the world as a deterrent and it has so far worked. What more deterrence are you even suggesting we might add to that???
It would just be another system they could sell to other countries. That’s it.
