Thank Obama and Biden

11/2/24 New York Post:

Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation"

Only if Iran does not mind Tehran turning into glowing glass.   Israel has SLBM nukes as well as the U.S.  With a little coordination, every Iranian military base and weapon facility could be destroyed without reducing our retaliatory capacity. 

Of course,  that is if Trump is President.   Harris will be negotiating best possible deal after losing NYC.

A new tag that I never needed before 

Why Nuclear War With Russia May Not Turn Out as Badly As Feared

8/20/23 Hindustani Times:

"Luna 25 crashes: Russian space agency announced on Sunday that an initial analysis of the moon lander indicates that a difference between the planned and actual propulsion manoeuvre caused the spacecraft to move into an unintended orbit. This ultimately led to the spacecraft colliding with the moon's surface and being lost."

There is substantial overlap between Russian military and space programs.  In conjunction with the general incompetence of the Russian military over the last year, I see why some people think much of the Russian ICBM and SLBM fleet might not launch, might not go where aimed, or might fail to explode.  I would not want to make policy decisions based on such assumptions but the results might be less destructive than assumed.

One reader reminded me of a couple similar NASA screwups.  NASA is not quite as tied to the military as the Russian space agency, if I understand correctly.