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Originally Posted by photon
Interesting article on the New START treaty that Trump reportedly didn't know what was when Putin discussed it, and probably why Trump thinks it's a bad deal.
This part is a little horrifying, imagine if it was Trump that had to have the self control?
Actually you know what, I now officially WANT Trump to be a Russian puppet, then he won't mistake some miscommunication or errant rocket launch as a nuclear strike and retaliate too soon.
Graham, a board member at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, said another reason to engage Putin on New START is that too often one side believed the other was preparing to launch a nuke at the other and it ended up being a false alarm. Here’s an example: he recalled a time in 1995 when an aide handed former President Boris Yeltsin a briefcase with a screen inside that displayed a warning that a missile was launched from the Norwegian Sea.
Under the screen was Russia’s “nuclear football,” the system that allowed Yeltsin to launch attacks around the world with 4,700 nuclear warheads at the ready. After monitoring the missile for four minutes, it ended up being a weather rocket launched to study the aurora borealis.
“(Yeltsin) came within two minutes of launching all of his missiles against the United States, which would have completely destroyed us,” Graham said. “We wouldn’t exist today had Yeltsin not thought better of it at the last minute without additional evidence. The fewer of those weapons we have on alert, the less at risk we are.”
There are hundreds of such incidents in which human error, a computer glitch, miscommunication or some other mistake almost lead to one side thinking the other was going to attack.
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/don...ucl-1792198491 |
I agree that it is terrifying. I guess the old Sting song "Russians" has flipped and now we all hope the Donald loves his children too.
I suppose he has illustrated that he probably does and will avoid flippantly blowing up the world.