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Precisely. Ukraine taking back Crimea is pure fantasy. Russia would launch nukes rather than give it up.

• polotics 3y ago
  Russia won't launch nukes come what may, because Putin's now very very big brother Xi doesn't want a nukes-equipped Taiwan, and holiday resorts for Moscovites are less important than TSMC chips.
• _kbh_ 3y ago
  > Precisely. Ukraine taking back Crimea is pure fantasy. Russia would launch nukes rather than give it up. The idea that Russia will launch a single nuke is fantasy, they haven’t even tested one in over 80 years.
  • lisasays 3y ago
    They haven’t even tested one in over 80 years. This is bonkers of course. The idea that Russia will launch a single nuke is fantasy Not at all, unfortunately. It has always been and remains a significant card for them to play.
  • wkat4242 3y ago
    Launch a strategic nuke, no. Nobody expects that. But we're talking about tactical ones. The smaller ones that can be dropped from a plane or installed in a short range missile. Even if one or two fail, they will find one that works. It would set a terrible precedent for the rest of the world, where any kind of nuke deployment right now is "not done". We don't want to go back to the 60s where nuclear-tipped torpedoes were regularly carried and in fact one almost was launched during the cuba crisis.
    • _kbh_ 3y ago
      > Launch a strategic nuke, no. Nobody expects that. But we're talking about tactical ones. The smaller ones that can be dropped from a plane or installed in a short range missile. Even with a tactical nuke we are talking about the end of the Russian federation, if anything would invite a physical kinetic response it would be a nuke, tactical or not.