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Related video [1] The reason I submitted this link is that this base houses nuclear capable bombers. If one believes statements by President Putin, this could

• jfengel 4y ago
  And that's the problem with making threats you won't follow through on. The game-theoretic definition of a threat is something that harms you, but harms your opponent more. If you carry it out, your life gets worse. You hope that your opponent won't call your bluff. If they do, the threat ceases to be operative. At that point all you're doing is deciding whether your reputation for following through on threats means more to you than whatever pain you will inflict on yourself. When that pain is your own death, that seems kind of an obvious choice, since your reputation becomes moot. That doesn't give Ukraine unlimited ability to attack Russia. Once Russia perceives the threat as existential, it becomes a loss either way, and they can simply be vindictive. An attack on a clear military target is pushing Ukraine's luck. It will rattle everybody. But in the end, threats of nuclear annihilation are pointless. If you're going to end the world, you don't make threats. You just do it.