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| ▲ | dingaling 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| MAD is not military doctrine and never has been. It's a philosophical concept that arose in the mid 1960s and gained column-inches in the press because it had a cool and ironic name. Even McNamara rejected it. USA, China and Russia all plan to fight and win wars, not go out in a blaze with the other guy. And that includes 'nuclear warfighting' which involves the ability to command and control nuclear exchanges and come out the other side victorious. |
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| ▲ | edgyquant an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Space based weapons have been discussed as one of the ways to break MAD eg space based systems can see and stop a nuclear missile before it could land |
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| ▲ | trelane an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Killing opponents' satellites comes to mind. Not every target is on the ground. |
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| ▲ | porridgeraisin 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Are you serious? Just because you have nuclear weapons doesn't mean all other forms of military are useless. I don't even know how to parse that argument to respond in more detail. |
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| ▲ | MattPalmer1086 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | I was responding to this comment specifically about nukes: >Everyone is equal with - they all have nukes in space sitting over each other's countries waiting to drop | | |
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