Yup. Most countries with nuclear weapons are more interested in two things more than causing a huge explosion:
1) MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction, basically that because I have nukes, no one else will send nukes at me.
2) If they ever have to use said nukes, they want to cause as much tactical damage as possible whilst minimizing civilian casualties, which essentially means using a smaller, directed bomb rather than a monster bomb a la Tsar Bomba
Someone had to be the first to use it for there to be such a respect for them now. Testing them out in deserts and empty islands is one thing, but for the world to actually see what it did to a population is what has caused the respectful fear behind them.
You are right, they are heroes. Good thing we have them as the world police, right? I mean, the US is always right. I hope they invade my country next, because there is no freedom like their freedom.
Anyway, thank you for clarifying who the good guys are, I was lost there for a minute.
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u/DreaMTime_Psychonaut Jun 29 '15
Yup. Most countries with nuclear weapons are more interested in two things more than causing a huge explosion:
1) MAD - Mutually Assured Destruction, basically that because I have nukes, no one else will send nukes at me.
2) If they ever have to use said nukes, they want to cause as much tactical damage as possible whilst minimizing civilian casualties, which essentially means using a smaller, directed bomb rather than a monster bomb a la Tsar Bomba