• LemmeAtEm@lemmy.ml
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    2 months ago

    it was more a way to test out their new toys.

    And as a demonstration for any would-be challengers (one in particular, and we all know who) to the emerging US hegemonic dominance, a demonstration not just of the destructive capacity of nukes but of their willingness to use it.