in the short term, obviously countries with already active fleets of SSBNs will continue to use them to defend from other nuclear powers without the badnik system. but in the case of countries currently building or with orders for SSBNs, do you think they will scrap their programs/cancel orders?

do you think dr. robotnik would be willing to share this technology with countries within his sphere of influence, or will he keep it close to home and within his empire's direct control?

for the long term, i was also interested in hearing your opinion on whether the U.F. and eggman empire are likely to regress back into a cold war, only this time without the comfort of SSBNs and deterrence hinging entirely on more precarious ideas such as launch on warning? do you think the current geopolitical climate is unstable enough to allow this or has the empire's growing reliance on global markets to source raw materials made dr. robotnik unlikely to risk the possibility of sanctions and blockades?

Once again, Dr. Robotnik has proven himself to be strategically incompetent. SSBN-seeking badniks has to be one of the stupidest ideas I've ever head. But then again, what else can you expect from someone who consistently loses to a bunch of stupid animal children?

On strategic grounds, Robotnik is committing two major errors: 1. Denying your opponent(s) the ability to launch a nuclear second strike only leads to increased instability. By creating these badniks, Robotnik has created a situation where his enemies have decreased confidence in their ability to retaliate. They are now increasingly incentivized to launch first strikes; in such a security environment, the decisions leading to these strikes will be based on minimally verified information as leaders rush to not lose their strategic advantage. It is simply more dangerous for him.

as a follow-up question, since chun-nan is openly and flagrantly violating the npt by engaging in horizontal proliferation, why isn't the un doing anything about it? are they stupid?

As usual, Eggman has proven that his "empire" should never be taken seriously by other states. He refused to sign the NPT partially due to the inspection clause and then just a last year, when he was taking over the planet, signed a negative assurance guarantee that he wouldn't resort to using nuclear weapons in his campaign. Signing it was ultimately in his best interest since it reduced the likelihood of NWS (nuclear weapons states) from using their arsenals earlier in the conflict. Now, the lawyers who wrote this guarantee included a clause requiring IAEA inspections of his reactors and other nuclear facilities, which he probably ignored because he assumed it would be irrelevant after he'd taken over the whole world. As we all know, this did not happen and the guarantee has yet to be nullified. The IAEA is totally within their right to invoke a special inspection here. It's doubtful that he'll let them see it since they'll probably note a ton of missing plutonium rods, but we all know he has nuclear weapons anyways so who cares?

what is with you and frotting lately