Comments by "Peter Lund" (@peterfireflylund) on "Pyotr Kurzin | Geopolitics" channel.

  1. Yes, those are words.
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  2. You need to have lots of launch sites and to be able to reach each target with multiple missiles. The threat also needs to be credible. This speaks in favour of having more missiles than France and the UK have, in favour of more launch sites than 4+4 nuclear-powered subs, in favour of launch sites closer to Russia, and launch sites inside of and controlled by other European countries (closer to the Russian border).
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  3. It 100% matters. The enemy will try to take them out. We want to make sure that can’t happen. Numbers really help with that.
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  4.  @jeanlouisgerdes4148 why did France lose to Prussia 1870-1871?
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  5.  @dh1380 it was historically very expensive. It isn’t anymore. The missiles were even more expensive to develop. They aren’t anymore.
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