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What happened in Ukraine doesn't really provide much insight into what would happen in a war with Germany. If Russia bombed Ukrainian nuclear plants and sent a
by Johnny555 5y ago
What happened in Ukraine doesn't really provide much insight into what would happen in a war with Germany.
If Russia bombed Ukrainian nuclear plants and sent a cloud of radioactive fallout over Europe, that could be seen as a direct attack against NATO and get them involved in the war. So Russia has a big incentive to not attack nuclear plants.
But if Russia is already willing to attack a NATO country, then it's not clear that they would shy away from bombing nuclear plants, which would act as a distraction as Germany devoted resources to stop the radioactive emissions.
- cft 5y agoIf Russia was willing to attack NATO, it would drop actual nuclear bombs, that are way more lethal than destruction of nuclear plants
- Johnny555 5y agoBut that would almost certainly trigger nuclear retaliation... if they drop conventional bombs on nuclear plants, the retaliation level is is much less clear.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoSame argument applies to dirty bombs and chemical weapons or anthrax. Which are much more readilly avaliable and could be used to attack cities - whereas a nuclear plant is the countryside is going to do comparatively little.