When is an enemy threat imminent? Once the button has been pushed and a missile is on the way? That is obviously too late.
Does potentiality blossom into imminence when a nuclear warhead is being loaded at the launch site? Too late again. Why should a target nation wait until it’ll take luck in addition to skill and great technology to avoid mass destruction in a city of its own or of an ally?
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