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The big unmentioned thing here is that what would Russia do to respond to an ICBM flying over them from the South? If they have an engage-on-detection doctrine,
by NamTaf 9y ago
The big unmentioned thing here is that what would Russia do to respond to an ICBM flying over them from the South? If they have an engage-on-detection doctrine, is that only pointed north towards the US or would it still apply from something originating from NK?
In essence, does Russia become a similar defensive blanket for the US?
- olympus 9y agoNo, one of the first things that is considered when deciding if an unknown missile is hostile is to look at its point of origin (comically abbreviated POO). If a missile originates from NK, then Russia would first assume it is headed for the US. They would need to gather trajectory information indicating that the missile was heading for a Russian target before they did anything. They would be pissed at North Korea for starting WWIII, but would probably just let the missile fly overhead and try to take advantage of the political situation later.