One participant argues that some effects of nuclear use at sea would take hours or days to become apparent, leaving more time to respond than an immediate strategic exchange. The comparison contrasts that delay with thirteen minutes in a strategic exchange. A reply accepts the theoretical extra time but stresses that casualties and an ongoing war would already have heightened emotions. The recipient also interprets the attack independently of the sender's intended signal. The disagreement turns on whether extra time would remain usable for de-escalation under those conditions.
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Can delayed nuclear effects leave time to de-escalate?
A dispute over response time weighs the theoretical pause after a limited nuclear attack against wartime emotions and an opponent's interpretation.