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this post was submitted on 15 Jan 2026
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And we're jaded to the cold war now. The threat of getting nuked has amplified shitloads in recent years but we're numb to it. We all just kind of accept that at any moment there could be a blinding light and then its all over with no warning, and theres nothing we can do about it, so whatever.
I imagine it would have been truly terrifying in the early days when the threat was novel.
Mannnnn, what I would pay to have been a fly on the wall of the Soviet submarine B-59, watching those three officers go at it over whether they should unleash nuclear war. All with the hindsight knowing that the torpedo was never launched off course…