Ok, I guess it depends on what level the “acquiescence” is. I’d hope that diplomacy would be successful in nearly all cases here, with the nuclear state reining in the rogue data centre inside its borders without any outside coalition resorting to an airstrike.
You mention “except in the most dire of circumstances”—these would be the absolute most dire circumstances imaginable. More dire, in fact, than anything in recorded history—the literal end of the world at stake.
Ok, I guess it depends on what level the “acquiescence” is. I’d hope that diplomacy would be successful in nearly all cases here, with the nuclear state reining in the rogue data centre inside its borders without any outside coalition resorting to an airstrike.
You mention “except in the most dire of circumstances”—these would be the absolute most dire circumstances imaginable. More dire, in fact, than anything in recorded history—the literal end of the world at stake.