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Russia specifically developed their "de-escalation" policy of tactical nuclear weapons use under MAD assumptions. Basically, betting that there were scenarios
by ethbr0 4y ago
Russia specifically developed their "de-escalation" policy of tactical nuclear weapons use under MAD assumptions.
Basically, betting that there were scenarios where the US wouldn't risk escalation to nuclear war in response to a calibrated Russian tactical nuclear strike in a third party country, thus allowing Russian nuclear effects to nullify superior western precision weapons without consequence.
https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/russian-military-doctrine-calls-a-limited-nuclear-strike-de-escalation-heres-why/ https://thebulletin.org/2022/03/russian-military-doctrine-ca...
- coliveira 4y ago> superior western precision weapons At this point there is no support for the idea that US weapons have superior precision. The Russian campaign is showing the opposite.
- ethbr0 4y agoO_o A) NATO's air campaign in the Kosovo War (1999) certainly scared the shit out of Russia. B) That Russia is currently bombarding Ukrainian cities with repurposed surface to air missiles doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in their ability to produce sufficient quantities of precision missiles for even a moderate scale conflict. C) The majority of Ukrainian platforms at this point still aren't Western, and thus incapable of firing NATO precision ordinance.
- _kbh_ 4y agoRussian MLRS’s certainly fire rockets that have a much lower precision then modern US systems (HIMARS/M270). Here’s a good video showing the difference. https://mobile.twitter.com/revishvilig/status/1540264761329274883 https://mobile.twitter.com/revishvilig/status/15402647613292...