| ▲ | runarberg 2 days ago | ||||||||||||||||
I haven’t run the stats on this but it seems to me that countries which have nukes are more likely to invade other countries and then use the nukes as shields to prevent retaliation. Out of the 9 current nuclear armed countries 5 have invaded another countries this century, and three of the most prolific invaders this century (Israel, USA, and Russia; each with over 3 invasions this century) are all nuclear armed. Out of the 4 countries which haven‘t invaded another country this century, two (India and Pakistan) regularly engage in border skirmishes and bombing campaigns. This leaves China and North Korea as the only two nuclear armed countries (out of 9) which don‘t regularly engage in foreign wars. By our current experience, the proliferation of nuclear armed states is almost certain to end in a disaster at a previously unseen scale. We should be doing everything in our power to prevent this world of future horrors. | |||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | jameshilliard a day ago | parent [-] | ||||||||||||||||
> This leaves China Not exactly.[0] > and North Korea Also not exactly.[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%E2%80%932021_China%E2%80%... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_border_incidents_invol... | |||||||||||||||||
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