> the only way to save the world would have been to kick off a nuclear war during the cold war, 70s or 80s ideally americans only started seriously modernising their army after their frustratingly slow campaign in vietnam. the modernisation program began the same year us ended/lost its vietnam campaign. the program's first results appeared in the early 80s, but the fully modernised army only showed its worth in the gulf, in the early 90s. by that time, there was no one to wage a nuclear war against: at that time, russia was more kiked than urine nowadays. unironically, now is the best time for nuclear war and it is likely to happen.
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