This might be a little tougher than Putin thought...
- Thread starter Nole Lou
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Pipe dream IMO. Whatever cabal that takes over for Putin will have a grievance with the west and probably won’t want to get rid of their Trump card….
Well, I think he got enough money for gearing his Ukrainian compatriots!👊🏼
What's practically comical, is how we've now seen firsthand how poorly maintained and built Putin's trucks, armored vehicles, and battlefield missiles are.
Yet, the myth persists how his nukes 'must be in fully functional condition'.
Those are really the EASIEST place to cut corners and no one ever knows. And they need a TON of routine maintenance. The US spends as much JUST on its nuclear arsenal as Russia spends on its entire military.
Because you don't actually need nukes like you need tanks; you need people to THINK you have functional nukes.
Estonia is the model Russia is terrified of. In twenty years they went from Soviet backwater to a thoroughly developed, modern European state.
So you’d risk nuclear Armageddon on their nukes not working….bold ….and crazy.
What would the casualty figures be if only 10% of their nukes worked Joe? Since you’re an expert on the subject
Yes Estonia has recovered from socialism well.
I don't think it's a risk, at all.
No one in the Russian military chain is going to blow up their own families and livelihoods over Putin.
Well, it's a bit unrealistic to think Russia can be denuclearized. I'm ok as long as we have MAD.
If they ever do a remake of Dr Strangelove you got the George C Scott roll locked up 🤣
Or over some airplanes being shot down and being forced to withdraw from Ukraine.
If he hasn't maintained "simple" things like battlefield missiles, trucks and tanks, there's a 0% chance the nukes were properly maintained.
And you cannot scramble to "get them ready at the last minute", either. It'd probably take him the better part of a decade to restore functionality.
Disagree. We can’t have a shit country with shit military threatening entire world with death from nuclear arsenal their grandfathers built 60 years ago. It’s a big problem world needs to figure out. It’s like if Iran or North Korea woke up tomorrow discovering 4K nukes and intercontinental missiles warheads built 50 years ago and began threatening everyone.
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Can you link where anyone has said their nukes are in “fully functional condition”?
I’ve seen a lot of people question what percentage are, and acknowledge that if it’s over 10% we’re in big trouble.
The question is would Russia end life on earth because they don't get their way in Ukraine.
Not sure. Step number 1 is cutting them completely out of oil gas revenue and getting China to realize they have to go. Ramp up pressure on getting rid of Putin. And start majorly ramping up anti missile tech.
Financial Times is making Ukraine coverage free. Good on them.
It's what you've been stating/inferring on here, constantly.
I think the possibility of a Russian nuclear strike is nearly zero, it’s currently their only bargaining chip and they’re leveraging it for everything they’ve got. The various leaders in charge know they can’t play that chip so I don’t think it’s likely at all that they would cooperate with Putin if he turns out crazy enough to order it. It would be the end of Russia as we know it, the nuclear response would melt the Siberian permafrost and turn their cities to irradiated glass. How does that further their agenda or ensure their futures?
This can’t be, presidential tweets without threats or childish name calling. Not so much as a covfefe.
Which is why I’m against a nuclear Iran. I have no trust in the leaders of that country. I wouldn’t be against air strikes any time they get something building there. No trust.
So, people will indeed soon be "wiping their asses" with rubles, because they're cheaper than a piece of TP...
And, we spend as much on our nukes as Russia's entire military budget.
Now, that military budget is "80% raided" for oligarch yachts and dachas and vacation spots.
Don't leave a whole lot of $$ left over for tritium, does it?
That is not a question. It won't happen. Quit with the Nuke talks.
Wow….just wow.
