Nuke Rules of Engagement - Esoteric Chat https://esoteric.chat/feed/conversation/14010/ 2025-02-26T23:51:40Z esoBB Longo https://esoteric.chat/post/57699/ 2025-01-03T00:14:15Z Longo The problem with having "rules of engagement" for nuclear weapons is that might makes right, and having a superior nuclear arsenal means that you can easily disregard any of these rules.

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]]> Herbert Adamant https://esoteric.chat/post/57136/ 2024-12-01T03:57:09Z Herbert Adamant This assumes nukes are only to be used against civilian targets such as cities.
Other targets like military bases are valid targets due to the high cost of taking them otherwise, and the high amount of resources and production capacity that exist there which are crucial for a war between two national militaries.
There exists the same issue of potential retaliation, this isn't an issue if the other party doesn't have nukes or is hated by those other nations that do.
Nuclear weapons are necessary in the event of interstellar entities that are hostile in nature.
Should aggressive alien starships arrive, nukes are one of the few weapons capable of destroying them which aren't theoretical in nature.
Otherwise, we are left with launching asteroids or trying to develop some kind of particle beam weapons, not ideal in either case presently.

]]> Robert Adamant https://esoteric.chat/post/57133/ 2024-12-01T03:49:34Z Robert Adamant prefab combat zones to be deployed around a city for getting combatants out of populated areas to retrieve aid during a blockade.

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]]> Robert Adamant https://esoteric.chat/post/57119/ 2024-11-30T11:42:57Z Robert Adamant The thing with nukes is that using them on targets smaller than cities is not practical.
They're too expensive and too extreme to use on anything other than a city.
Using a nuke to attack all of the population centers at once is also absurd because it invites retaliation where no one wins.
One of the greatest problems of modern warfare is urban combat.
It's really hard to avoid civilian casualties and civilians usually can't evacuate completely either.
This is where nukes could be particularly useful in that if the contested battle line reaches a city there's no way to go into the city and take it without civilian casualties.
The best way to avoid civilian casualties is to respect this fact and threaten to nuke the city if it isn't conceded.
That way the use of nukes is limited to very specific circumstances that manage escalation and the threat of nukes would either make the civilian casualties equal or absent.

I'm not sure if anyone has thought of this strategic use of nukes before so I should probably ask /k/ but feel free to comment on my rule of engagement concerning nukes.

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