Acquiring nuclear weapons and some form of semi-reliable delivery system is a rational choice for any nation-state. This is especially true if one of the powers that be dislike them for some reason. Nuclear technology and weapons must proliferate and will do so for more or less the same reasons the musket and bayonet did.

Eventually, a nuke will fall into the hands of some extra-national willing to use it. Then the death toll will be 300k+ not 3,000. We need to think what we can do to minimize such events and how best to respond to them.

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