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2025-03-08 Europe
Poland ready to develop its own nukes
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Posted by 3dc 2025-03-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11143 views ]  Top
 File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats 

#1 After 78 years I think the science is settled.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-03-08 07:15||   2025-03-08 07:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Yeah, at this point I wouldn't be counting on France or Britain for my backstop.
Posted by ed in texas 2025-03-08 08:27||   2025-03-08 08:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Send Elon to talk him down. The Musk-Tusk show.
Posted by Mercutio 2025-03-08 08:36||   2025-03-08 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm not sure world is ready for Polish nuke.
Posted by Grom the Affective 2025-03-08 10:48||   2025-03-08 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by badanov 2025-03-08 10:54||   2025-03-08 10:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Poland: Germany’s newest mercenaries
Posted by Xyz 2025-03-08 11:32||   2025-03-08 11:32|| Front Page Top

#7 For the United State vs the Soviet Union, nukes were a deterrent. Due to the flight time between Moscow and Washington, neither side could launch an attack without the other side having time to launch a counter-strike. MAD worked, because of the distance.

Remember the Cuban Missile Crisis? That was the Soviet response to NATO installing medium range, nuke-capable missiles in Turkey. Yeah, that Turkey, in case you were wondering how they ended up in NATO despite their non-proximity to the Atlantic ocean.

Short distances make a first strike attractive because it has the potential to remove your opponent's offensive capability. This creates an unstable launch on warning situation. Use it or lose it. If you suspect your opponent is even thinking about an attack, you best go first since the cost of being wrong is so high. (see Israel 7-Oct for an example)

tl;dr: short range nukes are destabilizing and will lead to a big mess.
Posted by SteveS 2025-03-08 11:42||   2025-03-08 11:42|| Front Page Top

#8 Launch on warning. Joy. /s
Posted by Difar Dave 2025-03-08 12:40||   2025-03-08 12:40|| Front Page Top

#9 Poland....South Korea, Japan, et al.
When Iran gets theirs, to followed by Saudi Arabia.

You're on your own boys.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-03-08 15:19||   2025-03-08 15:19|| Front Page Top

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