With how many Russian men Putin has gotten killed I'm starting to wonder which of Putin's friends own the Russian mail order bride company.
With how many Russian men Putin has gotten killed I'm starting to wonder which of Putin's friends own the Russian mail order bride company.
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I think talking about nukes only plays into exactly what putler wants.
The best thing would be to ignore his saber rattling altogether. It shouldn't change a thing.
Most of us don't want an open conflict between NATO and Russia but won't aren't willing to roll over and give Russia what it wants just because it makes idle threats.
And even if Russia did back them up, bowing down and letting them get away with it would be worse for the world as a whole because they got rewarded for that threat so they and their leaders will know what threat to make along with any other nation who has nukes while showing ever other dictator wannabe to hurry up and start researching that technology as well because once they got it they can push as hard as they want and the only ones who would respond are the ones doing the exact same thing they want to do.
Given into Russia on this guarantees a repeat of it with Russian in the future and/or multiple other nations as they know once they get it, the US and NATO won't touch them no matter how bad they get.
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Honestly, the smallest of the tactical nukes are probably a better option of WMD than chemical and biological. And I don't see Putin use biological agents but chemical warfare would not be surprising (simply because they've used them before) and they are absolutely horrifying. If they want to try and break Ukrainian morale, they'd be the best choice. Unlike nuclear weapons which if used they won't be able to deny, they absolutely can deny using chemicals and thus give reasonable doubt to China and India so they can continue supporting them financially.
ANY use of WMDs should lead to a NATO response imo. Which should include wiping Russia out of the Black Sea and if not placing boots on the ground, we can still directly help attack their supply and military operations within Ukraine, obviously including Crimea. I don't think there is a case in which Russia uses WMDs and they do not lose the war soon after.
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The problem is the tug of war over borders. Every country involved sees this as existential. So it's never going to end, till we have WW III, and someone or all of us get wiped out then. Well, not all of humanity, I don't think the MAD really pans out anymore, politically or strategically.
If everyone turns out to be right about Russia not having a fraction of their Soviet-era arsenal, but even if it's only 50, millions of people in Europe will probably die.
If the US gets involved, a couple of strategic areas might get nuked, but civilian populations will have a relatively solid chance of not getting struck as long as it's not the east coast. Even then, civilian centers aren't likely. Europe and Russia will be decimated though. The continent would end up a partially irritated wasteland.
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No it wouldn't. Tens of millions of people would die, but in couple of decades, infrastructure would be back to what it is now, or even stronger.
russia on the other hand will be a lawless wilderness for the next hundred years after Moscow and St. Petersburg get glassed.
You think Europe would be fine after being hit by tens to hundreds of 50-100+ megaton warheads? A 50-megaton nuke has a blast radius of about 22 miles.
Yeah, Moscow will be glass, but so will London, Paris, Warsaw, Brussels, and many more.
Terrifying times we're in when folks think that's worth it. Europe would be economically decimated from this for decades, famine would run rampant, and the consequences of radiation for survival would be terrible.
Well, that's one way to solve global warming, I guess.
Putin would also nuke if Ukraine attacked targets in Russia, and they did, and there was no nuke.
Putin would also nuke if Ukraine crossed into Russia, and they did, and there was no nuke.
Putin would also nuke if Ukraine attacked the annexed regions, and they did, and there is still no nuke.
Putin would also nuke if NATO kept supporting Ukraine, and they have increased support, and there is still no nuke.
The problem with red lines is that you put them far away and make it clear you WILL act when they are crossed, because if you make a red line out of everything and people keep calling your bluff no one gives a shit about your threats.
Russia knows that if they use any Nuclear, Chemical or Biological weapon that NATO will escalate hard, as has always happened when someone used them.
It ignores such insignificant forces as time, entropy, and death
Sigh...
If it ever came to nuclear warfare like that, the sides of the conflict would not target each others civilian centers. They literally can't afford to waste nukes doing that. They would target the launchers to take out the others nuclear capability. And 1 nuke to do that per target is not enough, if they are bunkers deep under earth. Some nukes will be duds as well, so you need to put even more per target.
Modern nukes are not tsar bombas. No, they are much, much smaller. Because they are accurate, there is no need for big booms. You'd probably need upwards a hundred to take down a very large civilian center with these. Also, radiation from nuclear weapons doesn't last very long. It's like days or weeks.