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Nukes are useless as anything other than a self destruct mechanism. A gunman pointing at your head with himself in the line of fire.
by rusk 11mo ago
Nukes are useless as anything other than a self destruct mechanism. A gunman pointing at your head with himself in the line of fire.
- jack_tripper 11mo agoNuclear submarines as in nuclear propulsion submarines. And nukes are useful because you never need to fire them.
- rusk 11mo agoThat’s the point, and you’re in big trouble if that’s what you’re actually dependent upon is something you can’t use. Nukes are only for the other nukes. The bit of butter, so they say, Betty bought to make the bitter butter better.
- throwaway290 11mo agoTell that to Ukraine! Edit: it's not about throwing nukes at each other... It's about having nukes that you can use if someone invades you.
- rusk 11mo agoRussia aren’t going to use nukes on their own doorstep. That’s a a NATO problem. It’s like openly knifing somebody in public repeatedly while holding the would be hero’s at bay with a gun. Yes this is an actual thing that happened in the UK about 10 years ago.
- scott_w 11mo agoUm... Russia's doctrine during the Cold War was to turn Poland into a nuclear wasteland to stop Nato advancing through it. At the time, Poland was a part of the USSR. What Russia considers "a buffer zone" is really "inferior peoples we can atomise without having to open a new conflict with a foreign power." To be clear, I use the term "inferior peoples" as seen from the Russian point of view.
- kelipso 11mo agoPoland was part of the Warsaw Pact but it was never in the USSR.
- greedo 11mo agoYou've got it reversed... Soviet doctrine (not Russian) was to use tactical nuclear weapons immediately during their attempt to invade West Germany and march to the Atlantic.
- scott_w 11mo agoI’ve been looking and you are correct, though I do recall seeing something different, so perhaps what I read was misinterpreting the Seven Days to the Rhine plan.
- palmotea 11mo ago> Edit: it's not about throwing nukes at each other... It's about having nukes that you can use if someone invades you. Russia has nukes and got invaded (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk_campaign), did it use them?
- throwaway290 11mo agohaving nukes doesn't mean when you invade a nuke-free country and it will just fall over for you. but not having nukes means a country with nukes can feel comfy invading you....