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That's what Putin's nuclear saber rattling has been about; right now he has an epic column of armor stacked up on roads North of Kyiv. He knows that if the Wes
by topspin 5y ago
That's what Putin's nuclear saber rattling has been about; right now he has an epic column of armor stacked up on roads North of Kyiv. He knows that if the West were to intervene with Reapers and/or Tomahawks right now that column would be smashed, so he is making nuclear threats to keep that from happening.
- 323 5y agoIt's not that simple. If the Tomahawks are launched from a US ship, then Russia could fire it's own missiles at the ship.
- topspin 5y ago"could fire it's own missiles at the ship" 1500 mile range allows them to reach Kyiv from off the coast of Europe or the Western end of the Mediterranean Sea. Putin would have to attack US ships in the Atlantic ocean to counter those. AGM-86 ALCMs could be launched from B-52s at similar ranges.
- 323 5y agoRussia has subs, ships and bombers too, they don't need to launch from land. AGM-86 ALCM is with a nuclear warhead. Russia has nuclear ICBMs with 11000 miles range
- topspin 5y agoAGM-86 CALCM have been used with conventional munitions in the Middle East. Operating from Germany, for instance, the attack could be performed without crossing non-NATO airspace, prior to Ukraine.
- tomatotomato37 5y agoICBMs can't be used against mobile targets like ships. High balletic arcs and travel times measured in the tens of minutes means anything that can move will easily do so. And judging by Russia's current military louadout, every warhead fancy enough to actually manuever to compensate either only exists on paper or partially disassembled in a Moscow lab
- ASalazarMX 5y agoPeople forget that bombing Russia is very different from bombing the Middle East, they have the means to bomb back.
- rob74 5y agoOr at the US...
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