Are nucs just pieces on a chess board ?

Question

or is it only a matter of time before someome lets one off

Answer 1

It's an excellent question, and your suggested analogy is important. Just as the Queen is often held in reserve in spite of her extreme power, the nuc has in effect performed the same function. It is a symbol of just how far things can deteriorate, and those with nucs or facing their deployment have wisely held themselves in check over the last half of the twentieth century.

And, to the correspondent who questioned the use of the term 'nuc', it has been in common use for decades now.

Answer 2

No, they're not like the pieces. They're like setting fire to the chessboard because you can't bear to lose.

And two have already been set off.

Answer 3

you bet ye.

Answer 4

when you start a game of chess the whole board doesn't suddenly explode into a patch of ash.

Re: letting one off > i think nucs are more like false starts in a farting contest.

Answer 5

Yep, and the Russkies and the Yanks are the ones to play out the end game.

Answer 6

I agree, it is like a chess game. and we are the pawns.....

Answer 7

Nucs?

Is this a new word for Daisys vocab? Someone define plaese?

Does the asker mean Nukes? or does he mean farts?