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I think that would be a shot at the bow. A shot across the bow would be to maybe stop buying gas from Russia for a week or two during the summer. I have no clue

I think that would be a shot at the bow. A shot across the bow would be to maybe stop buying gas from Russia for a week or two during the summer. I have no clue how much that would cost, but I have started to think that it might make sense also as an supply chain disruption exercise.

bombcar 5y ago
Does Germany have other sources available to it? Otherwise it'd be like a "boycott" where you just move the purchases to another day.
- kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
  They should threaten to recommission their nukes.
  - throwaway210222 5y ago
    Why would that bother Russia? They already have thousands pointing at them and about seven thousand ready to fly back anyone dumb enough to attack them. A few more German nukes doesn't change their risk at all.
    - stickfigure 5y ago
      I believe parent is referring to nuclear power stations, which Germany began phasing out after Fukushima.
    - KMag 5y ago
      Germany has never had nuclear weapons of its own, though the US has had around 60 warheads in Buchel (edit: and currently probably has about about 20 warheads) as part of the NATO Nuclear Sharing deterrent, and the Soviet Union deployed some nuclear warheads in East Germany for a time. Edit: maybe thousands of warheads were in Germany at the height of the cold war, though a quick look through Wikipedia isn't clear about the peak number of warheads.
      - detaro 5y ago
        correction: are stationed in Buchel During the cold wars, there were at times thousands of warheads in Germany.
        KMag 5y ago
        Thanks. I know a guy who was trained to place demolition charges on the US warheads in Buchel in case the base was overrun, and I had gotten the false impression from him that all of the warheads had since been removed.
- jdjgktntnrk 5y ago
  They could import it from US. Not sure how much more expensive that would be, especially since Russia has a strong reason to have a very competitive price (since supplying EU is also a strategic asset)

bombcar 5y ago

Does Germany have other sources available to it? Otherwise it'd be like a "boycott" where you just move the purchases to another day.

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
They should threaten to recommission their nukes.
- throwaway210222 5y ago
  Why would that bother Russia? They already have thousands pointing at them and about seven thousand ready to fly back anyone dumb enough to attack them. A few more German nukes doesn't change their risk at all.
  - stickfigure 5y ago
    I believe parent is referring to nuclear power stations, which Germany began phasing out after Fukushima.
  - KMag 5y ago
    Germany has never had nuclear weapons of its own, though the US has had around 60 warheads in Buchel (edit: and currently probably has about about 20 warheads) as part of the NATO Nuclear Sharing deterrent, and the Soviet Union deployed some nuclear warheads in East Germany for a time. Edit: maybe thousands of warheads were in Germany at the height of the cold war, though a quick look through Wikipedia isn't clear about the peak number of warheads.
    - detaro 5y ago
      correction: are stationed in Buchel During the cold wars, there were at times thousands of warheads in Germany.
      - KMag 5y ago
        Thanks. I know a guy who was trained to place demolition charges on the US warheads in Buchel in case the base was overrun, and I had gotten the false impression from him that all of the warheads had since been removed.
jdjgktntnrk 5y ago
They could import it from US. Not sure how much more expensive that would be, especially since Russia has a strong reason to have a very competitive price (since supplying EU is also a strategic asset)