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The Liberal government is looking to cut almost $1 billion from the annual budget of the Department of National Defence — a demand the country’s top military commander says is prompting some “difficult” conversations within the military.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

Nukes are actually terrible for defense purposes, since starting a nuclear war is a very ‘all or nothing’ affair, which means your choices are reduced to “Armageddon” or “Let the other side have their way” whenever a crisis comes up.

See: Russia and every final warning it has given over Ukraine. Since the US knows they have nothing conventionally and doesn't buy that they're going to end the world over a shipment of helmets or whatever it gets ignored.