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[beat]

Mutual Assured Destruction has been more effective than high-tech planes at preventing wars between major powers.

[golergka → beat]

MAD prevented a full-on nuclear war. Fighter planes and other high-tech equipment have helpved preventing proxy wars in a lot of hot regions around the globe.

[beat → golergka]

We've been in proxy wars pretty much nonstop since MAD became a thing.

[golergka → beat]

This is true, but in no way contradicts or disproves my point.

[AnimalMuppet → golergka]

Well, it makes it seem that "preventing" means something different to you than it does to me.

Perhaps you could clarify your point a bit?

[golergka → AnimalMuppet]

There are a lot more of proxy countries that don't go to active war and act out conflicts in a diplomatic manner – but you almost always don't notice these situations. Appealing to proxy wars that do happen is a survivorship bias.