A non-nuclear country has a wide range of options for its forces. With that appreciation of strategic paralysis comes an even worse problem. The result of that terrifying realization is strategic paralysis. If, however, it does something, there is a serious risk that it will initiate a chain of events that will eventually lead to a nuclear holocaust. If it does nothing, its effectively invincible. Once this basic factor has been absorbed, the NNP makes a fundamental realization that will influence every move it makes from this point onwards. Although a beaten country can pick itself up and recover, the chances of a country devastated by nuclear strikes doing the same are virtually non-existent. Although our NNP cannot be beaten by an enemy it can be destroyed by that enemy. Nuclear weapons are so immensely destructive that they mean a country can be totally destroyed by their use. This is such an immensely attractive option that states find it irresistible. In effect, the effect of acquiring nuclear weapons is that the owning country has set limits on any conflict in which it is involved. A potential enemy knows that so will not push the situation to the point where our NNP is on the verge of being beaten. The enemy will be destroyed by nuclear attack first. It will never have enemy tanks moving down the streets of its capital, it will never have its national treasures looted and its citizens forced into servitude. It can be defeated, that is it can be prevented from achieving certain goals or stopped from following certain courses of action, but it cannot be beaten.
What nuclear weapons buy for a New Nuclear Power (NNP) is the fact that once the country in question has nuclear weapons, it cannot be beaten. From: "Stuart Slade" Date: Mon 07:53:22 AM US/Pacific Subject: Nuclear Warfare 101 The Nuclear Game - An Essay on Nuclear Policy Making When a country first acquires nuclear weapons it does so out of a very accurate perception that possession of nukes fundamentally changes it relationships with other powers. A long, but absolutely fantastic read about nuclear war, weapons and policy making. Hey guys, I figured that a fallout board would appreciate this more than any other boards.
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