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I was mildly concerned during the Kargil War, but I don’t think Pakistan was fragile enough at the time to contemplate use. It was just border adventurism. Russia today feels a lot more desperate.
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This is why Iran and North Korea are particularly worrisome since they also have weak states and strong historical adversaries nearby. Weak in the sense of low ability to govern or provide any services beyond coercive policing and extraction focused ones.
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is this not the justification "weak" states use for armament? "we might not be able to catch up but once we get at least one we're in the MAD network with the big boys!"
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