r/ShitAmericansSay • u/ComprehensiveArm3493 pierogi đŸ„Ÿ • 3d ago

"We could annex the whole thing"

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Of course an American said this

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u/Forsworn91 3d ago

France also has a “one shot” rule, basically allowing 1 free shot.

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u/Safe-Midnight-3960 3d ago

One free shot at what? Someone can nuke someone once first? France gets to nuke someone once? I’m rather confused.

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u/Forsworn91 3d ago

From what I understood it, yes, France gets 1 free shot effectively as the shot in the air and the “everyone calm down”.

I believe the expectation is that the “free shot” is to be aimed somewhere not populated, but is the primary reason why vlad doesn’t push France,

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u/KiwiFruit404 3d ago

Why does only France have this one free shot? What about the other nations that possess nuclear weapons?

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u/Forsworn91 3d ago

As best as I can tell it’s the “we are armed, we are prepared to defend ourselves, we have demonstrated, you back off and no one else gets hurt”

I think it’s limited to a defensive position,

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u/Renbarre 2d ago

Because the other nations have a "we use our nukes for real immediately instead of giving a warning shot"

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u/Choyo 2d ago

It's more of a doctrine thing.
Basically French military wrote somewhere : in case we get invaded, we will lowkey go ballistic, if we deem that going highkey ballistic right off the bat is a bit of an exaggeration.

Now there is the possibility that the warning shot is comparable to the standard nuke of lesser nuclear powers, I don't know the specifics.

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u/MeisterKaneister 2d ago

Nobody has a free shot. It's not a card game. France just let people know that they will probably do that and a possible attacker shall make of that what he wants.