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Sorry, I was reacting to the Dr. Strangelove from the article, especially the "end of"[1] description. Maybe it was more obvious in the transcript? I believed it to be about MAD because who, since 2010 (Stuxnet), could plausibly believe that non-decisive[2] American offensive cyber operations are not at least a potential thing?

As written in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24522125 I don't believe everyone apparently having more offensive than defensive capability is necessarily the most stable of situations.

[1] the true end: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIpTE-aHEZ0

On the "mineshaft gap": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23712008

Have you got change for 20 million people? https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/713/nuclear-war

[2] "There was too much there to move, and we knew we had to break [Chrome], burn her straight down, or she might come after us."

[acqq]

Not having the whole story arc about Junaid Hussain is the main difference between the show (as seen in the transcript) and the article. I was talking about the former from the start, as it can be easily seen.

The point in the article after mentioning Dr. Strangelove uses however the same wording that I've pointed to:

"You could say the same thing about American offensive cyber operations. They have been so stealthy for so long, maybe people don't realize we have them."