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Can Ukraine not hit Moscow with surface to surface missiles? Why would the Ukraine regime not employ that strategy?

• rasz 5y ago
  Ukraine gave up its nukes after receiving "security warranties" from "Russian, the United Kingdom, and the United States" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit... Poland had similar warranties from UK and France https://history.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/28/whats-the-context-31-march-1939-the-british-guarantee-to-poland/ https://history.blog.gov.uk/2019/03/28/whats-the-context-31-... It was all toilet paper.
  • jmpman 5y ago
    I meant with conventional warheads. Drop a couple tons on Lenin in Red Square. Certainly it’s just symbolic, but if it’s successful, then it’s would be a failed test of the Moscow anti missile capabilities, and that has much more serious implications for Russia.
  • iab 5y ago
    Ukraine never had launch authority for these weapons, so this point is moot.
    • malermeister 5y ago
      So i know nothing about how missiles work, but if you had physical access for decades, wouldn't it be possible to override those controls?
      • iab 5y ago
        It might have been possible to repurpose them: > They might have had to dismantle the warheads, remove the fissile material, and start again to construct new warheads. but likely impossible to use them as intended. [https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ukraine-and-nuclear-weapons/ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/ukraine-and-nuclear-weapon...]