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You're missing a small thing - NATO had had various plans for antimissile defences in countries in Central and Eastern Europe ( Poland, Czechia, Romania if memo
by sofixa 5y ago
You're missing a small thing - NATO had had various plans for antimissile defences in countries in Central and Eastern Europe ( Poland, Czechia, Romania if memory serves me right). Those defences would potentially invalidate Russia nukes, and that's scary. ( Which is why there was a treaty limiting antimissile defences during the Cold War, to avoid one side thinking they can win a nuclear exchange). So Russia has plenty to be scared of, and then there's the imperialism, exporting problems, having a cause for the people to rally around, etc.
War crimes and abhorrent nonetheless. I hope at least this time the responsible end up in The Hague.
- nickpp 5y agoThat is BS. Russia has enough subs that can launch a nuclear apocalypse from the bottom of any ocean. The only reason Putin hates NATO is that it stops him from invading any country he wishes.
- sofixa 5y agoThe US has antimissile defenses on ships ( the Aegis system), and the whole thing started as ship-first, presumably against subs.
- Scea91 5y agoI think the defences would be useful against countries will very limited nuke arsenal. For example Iran. The is probably no defence that would protect you against hundreds of nukes. In a real nuke strike the attacker would probably fire many simultaneously, accompanied with decoys.