Three miniature houses stand on a low blue mound beside a small black spherical bomb with a curved fuse.

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Hunter

In a nuclear world, the real enemy can't be destroyed.

— Crimson Tide  ·  1995

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues that nuclear power does not make the real enemy something that can simply be destroyed. The line challenges faith in overwhelming force, suggesting that the deepest danger cannot be removed by annihilating an opponent. It leaves that danger unnamed.

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