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The original was posted on /r/nostupidquestions by /u/liam7575blahblahblah on 2023-09-17 02:24:53.
Excuse my ignorance but as the title asks, say China or Russia decided, okay let's nuke Washington DC or London or Canberra, Australia (all allies, all a long distance away), how would they go about it?
I assume a nuclear missile would take a while to reach those cities and allies would spot it and could put Maverick & Goose in the sky in no time from plenty of bases worldwide. Depending on the route, could they shoot it down over the ocean to save human lives? Would that be a viable attempt to stop the nuke reaching its target?
Or, this probably sounds even stupider, given the satellites, radar technology we have now, but would they use a bomber (which I assume are slow and cannot reach great altitude) to fly over and drop the nukes?
Since I was a kid, I've been led to believe that once country A launches a nuke, country B files back, then C launches on A's mate D and the planet is fucked. But I haven't been a kid for ages and obviously military technology advances every day.
I'd at least hope it does considering how much is spent on it.