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There are US nukes in Germany, Italy and Turkey. France and UK have their own. It would be pretty weird for Russia to not be ready at all times to target those
by 323 5y ago
There are US nukes in Germany, Italy and Turkey. France and UK have their own. It would be pretty weird for Russia to not be ready at all times to target those countries. I don't know with what exactly, but surely they have thought about this.
Also, when the US anti-missile shield facility were installed in Poland and Romania Putin explicitly warned that these two countries will be added to the predetermined target list:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-europe-shield-idUSKCN0YI2ER https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-europe-shield-idUS...
- messe 5y agoThey’re all targets in a counter-force strike. I’m talking about a strike that’s primarily counter value.
- 323 5y agoIf you can hit the force in germany/uk/france you can also hit the value there. And a second strike is kind of by definition counter value. Leaked Soviet era nuclear war with NATO plan: > Vienna was to be hit by two 500-kiloton bombs, while Vicenza, Verona, Padua, and several bases in Italy were to be hit by single 500-kiloton bombs > Stuttgart, Munich, and Nuremberg in West Germany were to be destroyed by nuclear weapons and then captured by the Czechoslovaks and Hungarians. > In Denmark, the first nuclear targets were Roskilde and Esbjerg. Roskilde, while having no military significance, is the second-largest city on Zealand and located close to the Danish capital Copenhagen (the distance from central Copenhagen to Roskilde is only 35 km or 22 mi). It would also be targeted for its cultural and historical significance to break the morale of the Danish population and army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_to_the_River_Rhine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_to_the_River_Rhine