>Sorry, but the nuclear threat has not meaningfully changed since the day I was born in 1952.
This simply isn’t true. Even if we take your claim that it would only take 50 nukes to destroy America’s largest cities at face value and that that in turn would be enough to destroy the US, in 1952, the Soviets had only 50 nukes total, and very limited capability to deliver them to targets in US. Most would instead be going to Europe, and a lot of them wouldn’t go off because the planes carrying them would be shot down. And this is pre-H-bomb, so you’re going to need more than 50 bombs to do the same destruction that you could do with 50 today. (And to be clear, I don’t accept that 50 bombs is nearly enough to pose an X-risk to America.)
>As example, North Korea will soon have enough nukes to demolish America. They just need to get the long range delivery systems working.
China has cut them off at six missiles, which are aimed at cities where US decision-makers and their families live.
>Sorry, but the nuclear threat has not meaningfully changed since the day I was born in 1952.
This simply isn’t true. Even if we take your claim that it would only take 50 nukes to destroy America’s largest cities at face value and that that in turn would be enough to destroy the US, in 1952, the Soviets had only 50 nukes total, and very limited capability to deliver them to targets in US. Most would instead be going to Europe, and a lot of them wouldn’t go off because the planes carrying them would be shot down. And this is pre-H-bomb, so you’re going to need more than 50 bombs to do the same destruction that you could do with 50 today. (And to be clear, I don’t accept that 50 bombs is nearly enough to pose an X-risk to America.)
>As example, North Korea will soon have enough nukes to demolish America. They just need to get the long range delivery systems working.
China has cut them off at six missiles, which are aimed at cities where US decision-makers and their families live.