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Agreed. Is anyone aware of any explicit statements by NATO about how they would respond to a tactical nuke? Has this been clearly stated? I've wondered what a
by heneryville 5y ago
Agreed. Is anyone aware of any explicit statements by NATO about how they would respond to a tactical nuke? Has this been clearly stated?
I've wondered what a proportionate response would be though. Sevastapol? From the NATO perspective it would make sense since they consider it occupied territory, but from the Russian perspective that would be an escalation.
Perhaps within occupied eastern Ukraine? I doubt Ukrainians would see two nukes on their territory as an improvement. I've got no idea what a proportionate response would be.
- Someone 5y agoUkraine isn’t in NATO and NATO is a defense alliance, so it wouldn’t automatically be a NATO issue if Russia used a tactical nuke there. Also (https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50068.htm https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_50068.htm) “The fundamental purpose of NATO’s nuclear forces is for deterrence”. AFAIK, they don’t have any idea about responses to nuclear attacks on NATO, let alone on ones on non-NATO countries.
- LarsAlereon 5y agoWhile not a NATO issue, in the "Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances" Ukraine agreed to give up their nuclear weapons in exchange for a guarantee of UN Security Council assistance if they were threatened or attacked with nuclear weapons. Russia specifically signed this agreement promising not to threaten or attack Ukraine with nuclear weapons.