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Bingo. 100-200 physics packages go through the facility annually, and if you think Uncle Sam got mad when someone touched his boats, try touching his nukes.

Nothing a treaty won't solve. Access to West Berlin through the Iron Curtain was a thing.

West Berlin was of minimal strategic importance though. It had highly symbolic value of course.

First, we take Manhattan. Then, we take Berlin.

And I don't like those drugs that keep you thin

I too am sometimes guided by the beauty of our weapons.

(Though to be honest: usually I'm just guided by the beauty of our tools...)

One could also compare with Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome being in Kazakhstan.

The NY Air National Guard has B-52s and tankers. Hopefully they would launch a disarming strike on any attempt by Texas to go nuclear.

Nobody serious thinks Texas secession is a good idea. It’s performative nonsense to rile up idiots.

For an international analogy it’s along the same lines as Putin claiming the sale of Alaska was not valid.