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Safiir on 07 December 2016
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Qwark said:
JRPGfan said:

Thats just crazy.

You know they built those silo's to be able to withstand a attack right?

So the missils fly reguardless of who strikes first or not, both parties get hit.

Just being first doesnt win you a war like that. Both sides lose, its the only outcome.



Also you dont know whats unavoidable or not, and the only thing you can know for certain,

is if you strike first, you ll get a strike back.

Depends on how hard you strike, the US can destroy every single square nanometer in China. As you said they can destroy the entire globe at least one time. A country can't fight back if there is nothing left to fight for or with. So yeah a superpower can actually win a war, that is if you consider a huge part of the world being unliveable a win. I personally don't concider it a win and there are more efficient ways to destroy your opponent from the inside. (For instant releasing a defirtilizing virus that is not transferable to breath but can be deployed as gas and  is transdermal and blame it on terrorist) still, the thread is averted. 

 

Well first - no they can't. They can make it uninhabitable but cannot destroy every possible location for a missile silo. Also they can't just teleport the bombs instantaneously to their target. So this gives plenty of time for a counter-strike. Not to mention the mobile platforms for transcontinental ballistic missles. So, no, you can't avoid a MAD scenario.