U.S. deploys 'more survivable' submarine-launched low-yield nuclear weapon | Article [AMP] | Reuters

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On Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:24 PM, Zenaan Harkness <zen at freedbms.net> wrote:
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> Might sound humorous on the surface, but the major problem with this
> is it opens the door to use of such "small capacity nuclear missiles"
> which then drastically increases the likelihood of escalation in any
> real war between Russia and America - which rapidly (in a matter of
> hours), escalates to global nuclear war.


back in the day, Bush touted "nukular bunker busters" as possible curb to Iranian nuclear ambitions. same fear of normalizing weapons of last resort; same risk of escalation through miscalculation. see also: the doomsday clock

best regards,