Larks comments on Thomas C. Schelling's "Strategy of Conflict" - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Larks 15 December 2010 11:37:54PM 6 points [-]

The UK bomb was developed with the express purpose of providing independance from the US. If the US could keep the USSR nuke-free there'd be less need for a UK bomb. Also, it's possible that the US could tone down its anti-imperialist rhetoric/covert funding so as to not threaten the Empire.