Drone swarms do take time to build. Also, nuclear war is “only” going to kill a large percentage of your country’s citizens; if you’re sufficiently convinced that any monkey getting the banana means Doom, then even nuclear war is worth it.
I think getting the great powers on-side is plausible; the Western and Chinese alliance systems already cover the majority. Do I think a full stop can be implemented without some kind of war? Probably not. But not necessarily WWIII (though IMO that would still be worth it).
Drone swarms do take time to build. Also, nuclear war is “only” going to kill a large percentage of your country’s citizens; if you’re sufficiently convinced that any monkey getting the banana means Doom, then even nuclear war is worth it.
I think getting the great powers on-side is plausible; the Western and Chinese alliance systems already cover the majority. Do I think a full stop can be implemented without some kind of war? Probably not. But not necessarily WWIII (though IMO that would still be worth it).