technology

Title: nukes are super scary!

Me, after watching a fictional incineration of DC: so, where's the scary part?

You're probably right, but as long as it helps remind people that we're all fucked if a nuclear war starts then it's a net positive in my book.

USA used 2* even

*many more if you contest the sovereignty of many areas that were used for nuclear testing like the Atolls and the Mojave

this is correct. the only country to ever use nukes is ChiRaNorthKoRussia

Honestly, every country should be permanently banned from having nuclear weapons. The horror that even one, let alone the tens of thousands in existence today, can inflict is so unimaginable that I don't think any country can be trusted with them. Especially with how fallible humans and humanmade systems are— the likelihood of a purely accidental apocalypse is larger than is healthy to think about. I know it's an idealist position as nuclear powerhouses will never disarm and the US would probably do a second Manhattan project if there was no fear of nuclear reprisal.

Funny how this comes out recently after the attacks on Iran

You are just as likely to get reliable information from a LLM.

It's nothing groundbreaking, but a decent overview of how apocalyptic a nuclear war would be. I'm kind of hoping that CIA Harris posting this might be an indication that at least some sections of the deep state understand that nuclear war would be bad.

I always make sure to do this, with the channel name in brackets at the front, and I would appreciate others doing it too.

fair, I'll try to remember :)

Oh yeah it's very polished, and wouldn't be surprised if there's a fed connection there. Although, in this particular instance I would find it encouraging since it means the feds are trying to impress on people that nuclear war would be bad actually.

That quote is actually from Long John Silver from the Soviet version of Treasure Island.

(I'm serious, if the interface to launch weapons is anything like the interface to warn people about launches, we're fucked)

Good news. It's not. It requires turning keys which are kept in a locker and a very deliberate sequence of events including correct codes being given. If you mean could a deranged US president or a General Ripper type maniac send in an order for this to happen because they're a "moron" as you put it then sure but not in the way you might imagine of some scatter-brained chud coming into the launch control room drunk and typing a few things then falling asleep on a big red launch button.

As to radar system malfunctions. Unfortunately for the world but fortunately for your scenario the US runs the most comprehensive radar net in the world, stations put thousands of miles beyond their borders in layer after layer of radar coverage defense in depth plus space assets constantly surveilling the world. To launch a nuclear counter-attack you can't just say "ICBM headed for NYC according to radar in Canada" you have to establish WHO it came from to determine who to retaliate and fire against.

Probably the one thing the US nuclear arsenal has going for it is it's not modern networked, it runs on ancient systems and hopefully the zionist regime hackers therefore are unable to seize any control of it and cause false alarms as I'm certain they would if they could if their regime was falling.

So I'm not that worried about accidental nuclear war with the US at least. Now intentional nuclear war with the US trying to get the jump on and destroy an enemy to preserve its hegemony for another century? Absolutely a huge worry and I'm sure they'd do it to Russia or China if they thought they could succeed with acceptable losses on their side.

Oh yeah, there have been numerous incidents during the cold war when nukes were almost launched because of an accident.

wasn't trying to make a big deal about it, just really helps when browsing. never stop posting