The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.

The DOD wants to refurbish ICBM silos that give it the ability to end civilization. But these missiles are useless as weapons, and their other main purpose—attracting an enemy’s nuclear strikes—serves no end.

  • froh42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    The basic idea is not letting anyone nuke anyone else by making the consequences really really absurd.

    The doomsday machine isn’t for winning wars, it is for avoiding them.