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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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Missiles aren’t made to last forever.
They are made to last for quite a while. Look at Russia, they are still going through equipment and ammunitions made for the cold war. So yeah, as long wars keep happening, there is a good chance weapon stockpiles will eventually get used. And it doesn't look like wars are going to stop happening anytime soon.
Also weapons being decomissioned (destroyed without being used) or ageing equipment being converted for training/practice is also quite common. So not all weapons will eventually get used in war.
I still don't see your point. You're basically saying most hammers will eventually used to hammer a nail. I agree. It just isn't a very insightful statement.
Would Russia be as aggressive as they are today if they didn’t have stockpiles from the Cold War?
The war is directly linked to the cold war, so it's pointless to talk what would have happend if the cold war would have ended differently.
But let's assume the political situation would have been the same and just the stockpile of old soviet weapons was gone: I'd say yes, they would have been just as aggressive in the beginning. After all the didn't really intended to be relying on their old stockpile at the start.
I couldn't say either way but those weapons are for sure finding their home.
Sure. But the war wasn't caused by the weapons existing.
That's true and I didn't mean to imply.