Op-Ed: Missiles and warheads in holes in the ground are no way to deter nuclear war now

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Op-Ed: Missiles and warheads in holes in the ground are no way to deter nuclear war now (via latimesopinion)

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Expansion could be scaled back as President-elect Joe Biden and Congress prioritize pandemic and recession problems.

If there were any doubts, the latest studies about how nuclear war could alter world climate suggest that even what’s considered a small war — involving several hundred weapons — could produce “nuclear winter,” shattering the planet’s food supply and setting off an unprecedented famine with devastating global repercussions. The economic, social and governmental collapse would mean the end of civilization as we know it, suicide for humanity.

Yet 400 nuclear explosions in the American West would surely risk triggering nuclear winter. Why would we deploy our forces in such a way as to invite that kind of attack? Mobile warheads at sea are more likely to survive a surprise attack and be available for retaliation than ICBMs.

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opinion Keeping nuclear missiles in flight is an extremely dumb idea. Where Does the LA Times find these fools?

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