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Why not sign a pact saying "Nuclear Power Plants are Off Limits. Anyone caught messing around will be court martialled." It's quite naive I know but if you mak
by anshumankmr 5y ago
Why not sign a pact saying "Nuclear Power Plants are Off Limits. Anyone caught messing around will be court martialled."
It's quite naive I know but if you make the consequences very clear and extremely bad for the troops, it might really deter them.
Or Russia is implementing a something similar to a scorch= the-earth policy.
- acdha 5y agoRussia signed a pact guaranteeing Ukrainian sovereignty in exchange for their portion of the Soviet nuclear stockpile [my misremembering, this was incorrect: and a large amount of money]. You can see how much signatures are worth with Putin.
- sundarurfriend 5y ago> sovereignty in exchange for their portion of the Soviet nuclear stockpile and a large amount of money The money went the other way - "guarantee" of sovereignty plus financial compensation, in exchange for the nuclear weapons.
- acdha 5y agoYou’re right, thanks for correcting that.
- ajross 5y agoThis wasn't "messing around". For sure, that Russian unit was sent to capture the reactor. Wanting to control infrastructure like generators is an obvious and (fairly) rational strategic goal. Presumably the commander that ordered it felt it was worth the risk. That may not be a correct analysis (we'll see, I guess), but it surely wasn't done on a whim.
- mcguire 5y agoThe 1949 Geneva Convention bans attacks on nuclear power plants, dams, etc (with some conditions).
- colechristensen 5y agoWho gives a shit about a court martial? Like Russia would extradite soldiers to international courts or try them internally… Or just submit some token soldiers and have them claim to have defied orders and acted on their own, not hard for an autocrat.