"the US and NATO have a vast array of non-nuclear responses that would effectively cripple Russian ability to project force beyond its borders" There is no way

"the US and NATO have a vast array of non-nuclear responses that would effectively cripple Russian ability to project force beyond its borders" There is no way to cripple Russia's ability to project force beyond its borders as long as they have nukes.. and they've got over 5000 of them. Any attempt to do so will mean the end of the world.