• barrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      24 days ago

      With modern missile tech is there even any reason to put nuclear missiles in Taiwan? I was under the impression that ICBMs have basically made that pointless. Oh no, the targets will live for 5-10 whole minutes longer during the travel time.

      • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.net
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        23 days ago

        It kinda matters in that there’s a chain of command before you can retaliate. Someone has to see the missiles, make sure it’s not a malfunction, tell their boss who tells their boss, etc. Ideally your missiles land before the counterattack starts. This is why deploying missiles in eastern Europe was such a big deal to Putin as well.