Nukes in this day and age seem to me like they should effectively be obsolete. I feel like in the age of satellite observation and the idea of geo-privacy being basically null, every developed country ought to have anti icbm tech, similar to an mrap. Short of mass amounts of dirty bombs, I feel like nuclear war should be a non issue in modern times.
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Ignoring the engineering side, there’s the geopolitical/game theory side to consider.
Let’s say America starts developing anti ICBM technology. What should Russia do? If they don’t do anything, eventually the Americans are safe from being nuked while Russia is still vulnerable. This is obviously unacceptable. Develop their own tech? Too hard and costly. Much easier to just nuke the other guy before he develops any technology.
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