> NATO will not strike first. I understand you can respond to ICBMs but there's very little you can do to protect your cites against them. It does not matter f

> NATO will not strike first. I understand you can respond to ICBMs but there's very little you can do to protect your cites against them. It does not matter from Russian perspective. Anyway, cities are just third priority. Opponent’s nukes and command centers are the fist priority. If you can place enough nukes close enough, so that response time is very low, then first strike might paralyze nation and there is no response at all. Russia needs to consider this, regardless of narrative who strikes first.