[TFortunato]

I think they are stating the odds of the federal government actually allowing secession to go through would be...minimal at best, given these assets in the state.

[a_vanderbilt]

Bingo. 100-200 physics packages go through the facility annually, and if you think Uncle Sam got mad when someone touched his boats, try touching his nukes.

[a_gnostic]

Nothing a treaty won't solve. Access to West Berlin through the Iron Curtain was a thing.

[bloak]

One could also compare with Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome being in Kazakhstan.

[samus]

West Berlin was of minimal strategic importance though. It had highly symbolic value of course.

[euroderf]

The NY Air National Guard has B-52s and tankers. Hopefully they would launch a disarming strike on any attempt by Texas to go nuclear.

[api]

Nobody serious thinks Texas secession is a good idea. It’s performative nonsense to rile up idiots.

For an international analogy it’s along the same lines as Putin claiming the sale of Alaska was not valid.