Nuclear Edging

The act of baiting out your political adversaries by stockpiling increasing amounts of nuclear weapons, threatening to use them, but ultimately not doing so

Secretary of Defence: “Sir, we have reports that the Soviets are stockpiling nuclear warheads in Cuba, only 90 miles from the southern tip of Florida”

President Kennedy: “They’re edging us, Rob. They’re nuclear edging us”

by Mebemax May 9, 2025