A Perpetual Missile Crisis - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times

A Perpetual Missile Crisis - Victor Davis Hanson, Washington Times opinion. Why would the Iranian government spend billions of dollars on trying to develop a few first-generation nuclear bombs (as nearly everyone believes is the case) when the country is so poor it has to ration gasoline? A lot of reasons have been offered by various experts. Upon developing a nuclear weapon, states win instant prestige and attention beyond what they otherwise might have earned. Take away its bomb, and North Korea would be in the news about as much as Chad. Nuclear weapons also can change the nature of conventional warfare.
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