In nuclear strategy, a breakthrough intended to make us safer could make us less safe
The era of MAD and mutual vulnerability was terrifying but in a surreal way also stable
30 November 2020 - 14:31
Earlier in November, an intercontinental ballistic missile was fired in the general direction of the Hawaiian islands. During its descent a few minutes later, still outside the earth’s atmosphere, it was struck by another missile that destroyed it.
With that detonation, the world’s tenuous nuclear balance suddenly threatened to come out of kilter. The danger of atom bombs being used again was already increasing. Now it’s grown once more...
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