r/worldnews Oct 01 '24

Israel/Palestine Biden directs US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, officials say

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/biden-us-prepared-israel-defend-iranian-attack/story?id=114393069
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u/awfulsome Oct 01 '24

that doesn't help much when you would be launching at a nuclear power with a stockpile already, with their ally who has several floating nuclear stockpiles surrounding you.

Iran launching a nuke would be a great way for them to acquire several large craters where military instllations and/or cities were.

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u/Liltipsy6 Oct 01 '24

Agreed, but what makes me even deem it plausible, would be the channels those nukes would be traded down and what small proxy could end up with them. Granted a radical view point, but lots of radical folks these days.