Russia is not Iraq. There's no equivalent of Saudi Arabia next to Russia to launch the initial attacks from. A large portion of Russia's military industrial c

Russia is not Iraq. There's no equivalent of Saudi Arabia next to Russia to launch the initial attacks from. A large portion of Russia's military industrial complex is far inland, the only weapons that have a long enough flight path are nuclear capable and Russia would immediately send out nukes. How many days on station do you think an Aircraft carrier would make it in the baltic before it's torpedoed to the bottom of the sea?