zephyreks@lemmy.mlM to World News@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoUK-US air strikes launched against Houthis in Yemenwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1137arrow-down16
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minus-squareintelshill@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoUS aircraft carriers were a liability the moment the nuclear weapon was invented. The only pure-military target that can justify a nuclear strike is a carrier, and a carrier is such a weapon that it might legitimately not trigger MAD protocols.
US aircraft carriers were a liability the moment the nuclear weapon was invented. The only pure-military target that can justify a nuclear strike is a carrier, and a carrier is such a weapon that it might legitimately not trigger MAD protocols.