Quote Originally Posted by Montmorency View Post
The modern Chinese arsenal puts paid to contemporary hopes of disarmament. Any attempts to revive US-Russian bilateral efforts are trivialized by its existence.

I agree that MAD is outdated: nowadays, a single offensive nuclear discharge could be expected to provoke no more than proportionate retaliation, while also potentially achieving all conventional military and political objectives in the act.



What did he argue from authority?
He stated that Nye Bevan was against unilateral disarmament, therefore it's wrong.