• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Depends on who’s stronger.

    Now it depends on who is willing to throw enough bodies thru a meat grinder, bomb civilians, or nuke everything…

    If assassinations on the table, none of that shit matters if you personally get killed before you order it used

    Every aggressive country would prioritize personal defense and strategic assassination squads.

    Which again, I’d see as an absolute win over thousands or even millions of people dying.

    There’s no down sound.

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      2 days ago

      What happens if one country invades the other which doesn’t posses the tech necessary to kill the leader? eg cruise missiles, bunker busters, or modern aviation in general

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          16 hours ago

          Not really, there are some good examples of underdogs winning (without cruise missiles for example).

          edit: and we’re not talking strictly conventional. also that’s not what “no downsides” means