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Nukes are answered with nukes. Therefore no nuclear party can use nukes against each other. The nuclear options cancel out each other. It's "just" one big scare game. | Nukes are answered with nukes. Therefore no nuclear party can use nukes against each other. The nuclear options cancel out each other. It's "just" one big scare game. | ||
"What about the escalation spiral?" What about it? '''You just have to lower the trigger point.''' The agreement has to be: as soon as any nuclear weapon is fired it has to be answered by the start of the entire other nuclear arsenal. Zero tolerance. Collective suicide. There would be no escalation because the smallest step of escalation would be already too much. | "What about the escalation spiral?" What about it? '''You just have to lower the trigger point.''' The agreement has to be: as soon as any nuclear weapon is fired it has to be answered by the start of the entire other nuclear arsenal. Zero tolerance. Collective suicide. There would be no escalation because the smallest step of escalation would be already too much. Despite the already insane existence of nuclear weapons it is unlikely enough people would agree for this version. But for sake of the thought experiments let's ignore that for a moment. | ||
This radical version of nuclear deterrence renders itself useless. Because there is no space for exceptions - or errors. | This radical version of nuclear deterrence renders itself useless. Because there is no space for exceptions - or errors. | ||