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TIL In the 1970s the US changed its nuclear doctrine after discovering that neither side could win a nuclear war. Presidents Nixon and Carter changed the nuclear attack plans to allow the Russians to survive and recover after a nuclear war, even if the US did not survive
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Wow, TIL. This would make an interesting Ron Howard movie
If the US doesn’t survive, how are they supposed to prevent Russia from surviving?
“Alright guys let’s nuke them a lot but just enough to leave a few people alive. We don’t want to do anything crazy lol”
Fallout the game but irl