Rebuttal
Elbridge Colby has written a piece in The National Interest titled “Hiroshima, Nagasaki and the New Logic of Deterrence” that says I’ve gotten this nuclear deterrence stuff all wrong. (He also says that the “Hiroshima didn’t win World War II” is becoming the conventional wisdom. I assume he means in certain circles inside the Beltway.) He says some interesting things and raises reasonable counter-arguments. I think his view is worth considering. I’m going to mull it and perhaps post some thoughts in a few days. (My book, Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons, is due to the publisher on November 1, though, so it may be a few days before I get to it.)
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One well-kept secret relating to nuclear weapons involves repeated incursions by unknown aerial objects at both American and Soviet weapons sites during the Cold War era and beyond. Declassified documents from both countries confirm this strange development beyond a reasonable doubt. Seven U.S. Air Force veterans spoke publicly about such incidents at the National Press Club on September 27, 2010. See:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/15/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915
CNN streamed the press conference live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jUU4Z8QdHI
Sometimes life is indeed stranger than fiction.
One well-kept secret relating to nuclear weapons involves repeated incursions by unknown aerial objects at both American and Soviet weapons sites during the Cold War era and beyond. Declassified documents from both countries confirm this strange development beyond a reasonable doubt. Seven U.S. Air Force veterans spoke publicly about such incidents at the National Press Club on September 27, 2010. See:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/15/idUS166901+15-Sep-2010+PRN20100915
CNN streamed the press conference live:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jUU4Z8QdHI
Sometimes life is indeed stranger than fiction.