>Even a moderately successful Star Wars 2.0 would strip Russia and China of their retaliatory capability and could prompt them to embark on an accelerated arms race in order to retain nuclear parity.
>“If one [nuclear power] can show it can defend itself while also having first- strike capability [for its nuclear weapons], that is destabilising,” said Manpreet Sethi, head of the nuclear programme at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.
Brilliant Pebbles is the much cooler sounding program compared to a generic Star Wars.
PoorlyCutFries on
Figuratively 1984
financeguy1729 on
I wonder who Donald Trump plans to hire to develop these space lasers. /s /s /s
Steak_Knight on
Dew it
Baronw000 on
My understanding is that it’s pretty easy to shield nuclear warheads (or pretty much anything) against lasers.
RoymarLenn on
This will be a looooong 1984.
Agent2255 on
Why are people over here so scared of another arms race?
IMO There should be another arms race for the progress of mankind and technology, and America should win it. U.S and the west can’t really oppose China or Russia by relying on the same defence technology as them.
isummonyouhere on
hey, what if we like, did this but didn’t talk about it???
Brother_Jankosi on
Jor Jor Wel predicted this.
Diviancey on
Conceptually this is kinda cool ngl. The idea that we can tell China/Russia that if they do anything we will roll up like the covenant and glass their country is goofy tier deterrence
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>Even a moderately successful Star Wars 2.0 would strip Russia and China of their retaliatory capability and could prompt them to embark on an accelerated arms race in order to retain nuclear parity.
>“If one [nuclear power] can show it can defend itself while also having first- strike capability [for its nuclear weapons], that is destabilising,” said Manpreet Sethi, head of the nuclear programme at the Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi.
https://archive.fo/KEFOc
Literally 1984
Literally 1984
Brilliant Pebbles is the much cooler sounding program compared to a generic Star Wars.
Figuratively 1984
I wonder who Donald Trump plans to hire to develop these space lasers. /s /s /s
Dew it
My understanding is that it’s pretty easy to shield nuclear warheads (or pretty much anything) against lasers.
This will be a looooong 1984.
Why are people over here so scared of another arms race?
IMO There should be another arms race for the progress of mankind and technology, and America should win it. U.S and the west can’t really oppose China or Russia by relying on the same defence technology as them.
hey, what if we like, did this but didn’t talk about it???
Jor Jor Wel predicted this.
Conceptually this is kinda cool ngl. The idea that we can tell China/Russia that if they do anything we will roll up like the covenant and glass their country is goofy tier deterrence