No, it’s actually a reality between nuclear powers. If you do a nuclear attack, even by surprise, even first, you are guaranteed a nasty response from what you don’t get. And even if say only one Russian sub survived and we got hit with 20 to 50 warheads... that would be an unparalleled disaster for our nation.
To everyone except Buck Turgidson.
We’ll meet again,
don’t know where,
don’t know when...