Re: Amen to that. So be it. And just in the nick of time before or while SHTF.
I would have thought deterrence was no longer a viable strategy. It is now about making a statement. The enemy basically knows, accepts, and even sometimes wants that they will be zapped or boomed out of existence.
Collateral damange, their or their opponents, are just brownie points that amplify their statement?
The big three superpowers (Oceania, EastAsia, Eurasia), I mean, US, China and Russia aren't going to be going "all out" anytime soon. Minor skirmishes, aka, posturing, aside.
The rest will be swatted out of existence. Except when they play at home - just like The Ashes.