Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agoIf a country was confident they developed a technology that would act as a fool proof deterrent against nuclear attacks what would that mean for the rest of the world?message-squaremessage-square41fedilinkarrow-up164
arrow-up164message-squareIf a country was confident they developed a technology that would act as a fool proof deterrent against nuclear attacks what would that mean for the rest of the world?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-25 days agomessage-square41fedilink
minus-squareBrown5500@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·5 days agoUS and Russia used to have a treaty against either country developing anti-ballistic missiles. The idea was that if 1 party trusted their ABMs too much, they would no longer care about a counter attack, and that would undermine the MAD doctrine. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
minus-squareClinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoSo… you’re talking about playing by the rules I’m talking about something different.
US and Russia used to have a treaty against either country developing anti-ballistic missiles. The idea was that if 1 party trusted their ABMs too much, they would no longer care about a counter attack, and that would undermine the MAD doctrine.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Ballistic_Missile_Treaty
So… you’re talking about playing by the rules I’m talking about something different.