Comment by gosub100

Are there any youtube videos that go into the theory of proliferation and how an arms race works, or is there just not that much information available? I've kind of tired myself of the technical details of how the weapons work, the modes of delivery, and the (feeble) countermeasures. But the theory about why we have to keep developing them (arms race) is really fascinating (in a macabre way). It's so easy to have a child's view that WMD are terrible (and yes, they are) and therefore should be eliminated. But the fact that they are so terrible is paradoxically why we have to keep advancing them. I want to learn more about that.