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But how will that stop the USSR? "Stop the USSR?" (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

West Germany was our side.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, where do you think an invasion would start? They wouldn't start with parking an army in East Germany ready to be nuked. They wouldn't start by shipping troops to Spain.

Nukes were a deterrent no one wanted to use. It didn't NEED offensive capabilities to serve its purpose perfectly fine.