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> Russia has shown itself to be an irresponsible holder of nukes. In which way, so far only a single country has used nuclear weapons in war, and it’s not Russ
by waffleiron 5y ago
> Russia has shown itself to be an irresponsible holder of nukes.
In which way, so far only a single country has used nuclear weapons in war, and it’s not Russia.
- jdrc 5y agoin using the rules-based order (its right to threaten people with nukes) to break this rules-based order
- Aeolun 5y agoTo be fair, they just happened to be the only ones with nukes at the time. Someone had to try it sometime to figure out exactly how horrible it would be. It’s much preferable that it happened with a 20kt bomb, as opposed to a 20Mt one.
- sneak 5y agoInteresting point: nobody has used a fusion bomb in a war. It was threatened this week, though. I don't think that has happened in a long time.
- PartiallyTyped 5y agoIn the way they actively threatened a nuclear holocaust.