• jettrscga@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    At the risk of sounding like a conspiracy theorist, that’s why I’ve been curious.

    I’m pretty confident we wouldn’t show our hand on that defense strategy, but there’s no way there’s not a plan for it. It’s obviously better for everyone to avoid a need for that strategy in case it doesn’t work perfectly.

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      8 months ago

      It’s opposite MAD theorem. If neither side knows that there are countermeasures then neither side will launch a first strike, as they then run the risk of being knocked out in essence.

      Ever play defcon? First to launch rarely wins there