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Ukraine can nuke Moscow as well. Should we?
by oneshtein 2y ago
Ukraine can nuke Moscow as well. Should we?
- amanaplanacanal 2y agoI thought Ukraine gave up all their nukes after the dissolution of the USSR.
- oneshtein 2y agoYes, we gave up everything that can harm USA, including nuclear silos and strategic bombers, in exchange to safety assurances. Is Ukraine safe now?
- pfdietz 2y agoNo one will make that mistake again.
- 05 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction#Debates_about_Ukrainian_renuclearization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine_and_weapons_of_mass_de... > However, Mariana Budjeryn, a Ukrainian scholar at Harvard argued that the denuclearization of Ukraine was not a mistake and that it was unclear whether Ukraine would be better off as a nuclear state. She argued that the deterrent value of the nuclear weapons in Ukraine was questionable. While Ukraine had "administrative control" of the weapons delivery systems, it would have needed 12 to 18 months to establish full operational control, and Ukraine would have faced sanctions from the West and likely retaliation from Russia. Moreover, Ukraine had no nuclear weapons program and would have struggled to replace nuclear weapons once their service life expired. Instead, by agreeing to give up the nuclear weapons, Ukraine received financial compensations and the security assurances of the Budapest Memorandum.[29] 12 months seems like a plenty of time for US/Russia to come and take back the nukes.
- UncleSlacky 2y agoThey never had the launch codes anyway.
- fullspectrumdev 2y ago“Launch codes” was a mostly US thing. In the UK it was famously a cheap lock. In the USSR, physical control of warheads was supposed to be under the KGB according to some sources.