&gt; no good reason<p>There&#x27;s a good reason: to make real the human suffering that can be caused in a quick, momentary decision.<p>Previous forms of warfare took longer amounts of time to cause immense destruction.<p>Read the story of Ronald Reagan&#x27;s response to watching the movie The Day After [1] and you will realize that such representations of the suffering can have a great impact.<p>&gt; The story only makes sense in signalling that you think that nuclear weapons are pointless.<p>Absolutely not. You can think that nuclear weapons are important, and still take seriously their immense destructive capacity.<p>Throughout human history human leaders have caused great suffering at little cost to themselves.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Day_After#Effects_on_policymakers" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Day_After#Effects_on_polic...</a>