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The Nuclear Trolley Problem: How One Man Holds Eight Billion Hostage (lemmy.ml)
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The Nuclear Trolley Problem: How One Man Holds Eight Billion Hostage

https://farid.ps/articles/nuclear/_trolley/_problem/en.html

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[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The second sentence here contains:

Estimates of Israel's stockpile range from 90 to 400 nuclear warheads,[2][5][6][7][8][9][15][19]

The 200 estimate is at the lower 1/3 of this range. If they happen to be at the upper end of the range, they would exceed France and the UK and would be in the top 5. Unfortunately, we won't know for sure because of the lack of transparency with Israels nuclear program. Is there something else you think I'm objectively wrong about?

[–] PhilipTheBucket@piefed.social 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_nuclear_weapons

Look at the chart. You literally pulled "probably in the top 5" completely out of nowhere, and you've now admitted that while saying this stuff you had no real idea in mind how many nuclear-armed states there are in the world.

I have no interest in continuing a back-and-forth with you or opening up new lines of argument to bicker about. You've stated your case, congratulations. Read more. Study.

[–] AlDente@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I was referencing the linked sources estimating 90-400 when I said that. With that range, there is considerable potential for Israel to have the 4th or 5th largest stockpile. I'm not pulling this out of nowhere, and have been linking to the sources for all my claims.

Thanks for coming to the table with your first source though.