> The old logic prevails: a world destroying system is bound to exist, so WE must control it. Spare no expense.

Except it is both true AND it works. Keeping your foot down on who can produce weapons-grade fissile materials is working out pretty damn well so far.

And the Russo-Ukranian War is proving any idiot with a few rubles can cobble together incredibly efficient combat drones. We need to be probing the limits of that yesterday.

It can both feel bad and be the right thing to do because the alternatives are worse.