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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bro watched Dr.Strangelove and took the wrong message

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Well, there are other parts to MAD. Things like keeping mil to mil communication open at all times, especially times of increased hostility, to avoid escalations. But in the end, it is insuring that the nuclear game is set such that it is never in anyone's best interest to set off nuclear weapons.