Nuclear winter fell way back in the pack, but it’s catching up to Climate Change, AI, and biological weapons as humanity’s self inflicted doom.
Damn, I was rooting for Skynet.
I’d deploy skynet tomorrow if I could. At least there’s a chance we win and there’s few enough people afterwards. Plus it’d be some epic history. Way better than “so they were selfish dumb assholes and made their own planet uninhabitable?” If some other sentient race comes along.
i mean, if we suffer a nuclear winter… it would probably solve the AI problem… the (current) climate change problem, and, uh, a lot of the other problems as we no longer care about shit like having TP on the shelves or what color the new car is gonna be.
Sounds a lot like the cure for crying.
Maybe a few sprinkles of Matrix?
I almost wish for a nuclear winter. On account of patrolling the Mojave so much…
And if Iran and Saudi Arabia get nukes, then Turkey will get nukes. And if Turkey gets nukes, then unless there is an EU army, Greece will want to get nukes.
Pretty sure there are NATO nukes sitting in Turkey already… it’s like the whole reason everyone pretends they aren’t a circus run by a toddler pounding the table to print more money as economic policy.
Ukraine is the only country to every voluntarily disarm their nuclear arsenal. Now invaded by Russia. Turkey gets to wave their dicks around and make demands at the big boy table despite being a complete joke of a country. I honestly can’t blame countries wanting to develope or obtain nuclear weapons anymore…
And South Africa.
Fun fact: South Africa didn’t give up nukes based on some moral objection. They did it because the apartheid government was disbanding, and they didn’t want people of melanin to have nukes. Racism for the win?
Let’s not forget Libya.
That. Was. A. Mistake.
Pretty sure there are NATO nukes sitting in Turkey already
Those are US controlled nukes. And the US doesnt have the best relation with Turkey atm. They are there now, gone tomorrow. Turkey cant rely on american nukes. If other regional powers have nukes, they need to have nukes. And if Turkey has nukes, then Greece needs to have nukes for selfprotection.
Turkey gets to wave their dicks around and make demands at the big boy table despite being a complete joke of a country.
They have the 2nd biggest military in NATO, after the US, an immensely important geographical location and they are a regional power(along with Iran and Saudi Arabia).
We will all go together when we go
What a comforting thought that is to know.
EDIT: “Who’s next” is more accurate though.
Until then, I’ll be poisoning pigeons in the park
One nuke is useless if everyone knows you only have one
Not completely. Especially in the case of middle eastern countries, a capital strike would ensure the dissolution of the state.
Turkey doesn’t need nukes because it’s part of the strongest defensive alliance in the history of mankind. That’s enough deterrent for anyone who isn’t in that alliance.
NATO’s is not going to be part of Turkey’s geopolitical schemes. Nukes are needed in order to be on an even footing with the other regional powers(which will also have nukes). Even if Saudi Arabia/Iran never intend to nuke Turkey, they will be at an advantage.
Hard power translates to soft power. And if your regional opponents have nukes and you dont have nukes, you will be at a significant soft power disadvantage.
Btw Turkey is building its first nuclear power plant, with help from Russia. Saudi Arabia also intends to build nuclear power plants soon. Thats the first step to creating a nuclear weapon.
The crown Prince of Saudi should get a nuke up his ass.
Jokes on you, he likes it
MBS = Mr Bomb Squeezer
Male Butt Stuff.
He’s too busy blowing cocaine up it to fit the nuke, meanwhile his people would be mutilated or killed for doing drugs or drinking alcohol which the entire royal family is also doing.
I wouldn’t be against the Saudi royal family getting a nuke, if you know what I mean
“Dear KSA, as a gift we are sending a nuke…”
“Oh that’s nice, how very kind!”
“It will arrive in approximately 10 minutes by air…”
“Wow by airmail too!”
“…At mach 4”
“wait…”
It’s just assured destruction now Woooo
Neither of those countries should have nukes. Crazy enough to use them. Of course, I also think no country should have nukes.
There’s always a bigger stick, right?
Neither of them should get one.
Nukes are like icecream then.
UN should have all the nukes and an addition to the charter that anyone who fucks around immediately gets one delivered on their head.
Not even detonated. They just get strapped to a table and their skull slowly crushed by the body of the nuke.
I’m sure having a monopoly on world-ending power isn’t something that could be abused
I agree that my solution has some potential problem, but world-ending isn’t one of them. After all, if all the nukes are controlled by a single party, mutually assured destruction wouldn’t apply.
Lets keep it to NATO rather. A lot safer that way.
Is this crown prince bone saw?
A strange game. The only winning move is not to play. How about a nice game of chess?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on Wednesday that if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon, his country would seek to do the same.
“If they get one, we have to get one,” bin Salman said in an interview with Fox News’s Bret Baier, adding that it would be necessary “for security reasons, and for balancing power in the Middle East, but we don’t want to see that.”
The Crown Prince warned of the dangers of nuclear weapons and said, “We are concerned of any country getting a nuclear weapon,” when asked about Iran in particular.
He suggested trying to get nuclear weapons in general is a fruitless endeavor, since deploying them is equivalent to declaring war on the world.
On Tuesday, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said that the United States must “demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it intends to return to the 2015 nuclear deal, from which former President Trump withdrew in 2018.
The Biden administration was in talks with Iran to restart the agreement last year, but discussions fell through and the United States has not indicated an interest in reengaging in discussions.
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Makes sense if you think about it. Most sensible countries ultimately want to return to the 2015 deals and progress from there.
History’s rhyming again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdtAFIl2jhc&t=20
It’s hard to believe that 1950s Sci Fi is still fucking relevant to today’s world. if y’all haven’t ever, go watch The Day the Earth Stood Still (not the remake, the OG black and white from 1952. The remake deserves the George Lucas Holiday Special Treatment.) The movie is a cult classic and is still relevant to today’s world as a criticism of nuclear weapons (if not nuclear energy,) and Mutually Assured Destruction.
And for some 70s sci-fi: Colossus: The Forbin Project.
Speculation on nukes and AI but not in the Skynet way.
Replying again…. Thanks for the movie tip. That was a spectacular one.
Note to self: when connecting super powerful thinking computer to nukes… make sure to include some kind of failsafe. A purely physical one that cannot be undone…
Vaguely reminds me of war games in some aspects.
Glad to hear you liked it. The movie went in a direction I didn’t expect and was very, very interesting.
The movie “Eagle Eye” took a lot of plot points from this one.
Aaaand speaking of failsafe, not sci-fi but if you want some gripping military nuclear drama, Fail Safe (1964) is one of my favorites. It’s not a horror movie in any traditional way but it sure terrified me more than any horror movie ever did (it actually gave me a nightmare).
I feel like Colossus could do with a sequel or two. I hate to mention it because I’m still quite pissed at the marvel-ization of sci fi. (“OH, it’s got space ships.”…) but, they could definitely round it out with a sequel coming up maybe ten years later or so?
explore the need for freedom and for order. some what more recent, dealing more with VR and such is the 13th Floor.
oh. and the movie that gave me random nightmares as a kid? E.T. yup. But I was like… seven or eight when I first saw it? Still gives me the heebiejeebies, though… which is strange because I first binge watched Star Trek TOS when I was the same age. (the coolest uncle ever had the FULL star trek collection of VHS. I may have found it and got to Trouble with Tribbles before anyone noticed- and then it was my Uncle, who was like “oh. this is my favorite episode! rewind it while I go make popcorn.” they … didn’t see either of us for the rest of the weekend.)
I will have to give that a watch! Edit: found it streamable at archive.org
Pakistan to who got them and then proceeded to shoot themselves in the foot:
