nuclear supremacy

Is it possible to win an atomic war?

US nuclear test at Bikini Atoll
US nuclear test at Bikini Atoll

It is a commonplace to believe that nuclear confrontations cannot have a true winner and that everyone would be a loser, due to the millions of deaths that such a victory would cost. As a consequence, nuclear strategy and weapons would serve little purpose other than deterring an existential threat. The reality, however, is different. Contrary to these beliefs, theories of nuclear supremacy or superiority indicate that there can be winners and losers, without both contenders having to suffer a kind of mutual apocalyptic destruction.

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