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Old 12th Feb 2023, 10:48
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henra
 
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Originally Posted by DodgyGeezer
If you can put a device with a low/undetectable radar signature over a foreign country then you have a useful means of first-strike attack.
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What would be the benefit of one nuclear bomb dropped from a balloon???
The immediate response would be hundreds of ICBM strikes and would likely impede the initial attackers possibilities for second strike!? You couldn't conceive anything much more suicidal than this.
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