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Like many people, I do not find what is known as the concept of Mutual Assured Destruction, or MAD to be reassuring.
Today, those most fearful seem to be those people that lived through the tumultuous 1960s and the cold war, to others this may come across as business as usual. What the world would look like following a nuclear war is very murky, yet today it seems many people consider nuclear weapons as just another tool or option for us to use in our defense if we are attacked.
The nuclear deterrent we currently hold is a hundred times larger than needed to stop anyone sane or rational from attacking America, and for anyone else, an arsenal of any size will be insufficient. This is written to help put the issue of nuclear weapons in perspective. ....

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