And the idea does not make sense once you include intel being incomplete into the equation: what if the preemptive strike will not attain complete eradication?
You might or might not fatally cripple the opponent, but retaliation can do that too and you cannot be sure that it won't. It's MAD all over again.
You might or might not fatally cripple the opponent, but retaliation can do that too and you cannot be sure that it won't. It's MAD all over again.