China is on track to have 1,500 nuclear weapons by 2035, according to the Pentagon

I have said many times that the holiday season 2034-2035 will be the beginning of the end and now i realize this is why.

Why the hell does anyone need that many of those in the first place...?

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Northwest · M

You mean when a handful will do? It's a coping mechanism for dictators, as they get older and viagra is no longer effective.

DIABLISS

@Northwest yes, but having one really big missile should be enough to compensate for their lack of masculinity....not 15,000

Northwest · M

@DIABLISS But he must have more than the other guys.

DIABLISS

@Northwest how about we end nuclear weapons before they end us?...the guy who starts dismantling first has the biggest "weapon"

SomeMichGuy · M

@DIABLISS One missile is strategically bad, because it's too easy to take out.

Even multiples of destruction can make it more clear that another side cannot pre-emptively destroy all of one's ability to retaliate, esp. if there are different modes of attack.

But you should read up on Mutually-Assured Destruction (MAD), the long-standing notion of having so many nuclear weapons that one power can never be "taken out" by an adversary enough to NOT be able to launch a devastating retaliatory attack.

Northwest · M

@DIABLISS [quote]how about we end nuclear weapons before they end us?...the guy who starts dismantling first has the biggest "weapon"
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It's too late to close the barn doors.

DIABLISS

@SomeMichGuy if anyone with a nuclear weapons arsenal decides to set them off ...the other side doesn't need to do a damn thing. we will all be annihilated