>I expect if the invasion is protracted, Putin will at a minimum detonate a demonstration nuke. Given the widespread reports during this war of Russian equipme

>I expect if the invasion is protracted, Putin will at a minimum detonate a demonstration nuke. Given the widespread reports during this war of Russian equipment in poor condition, I've been thinking about this possibility for a while: * Putin fires tactical atomic weapon at some empty plot of Ukrainian land, and announces it as a "demonstration" of Russian might. * The weapon is a dud. I'm not sure whether this outcome might not be worse in the long run, in terms of geopolitical stability, than if the weapon performs as expected!