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That's a fucking stupid plan the yanks might not play along but he can't beat ukriane what they going ro do when Britain France Germany Poland Spain Norway Finland and the rest push a armoured fist straight up his shit pipe, tac nukes? We got them strat nukes we got them too.
Are you willing to use them over some "random city in Estonia"? That's what it boils down to.
One random city at a time.
We don't want to but we must if he forces pir hand that's how we make sure he can't putun needs to know if he fucks about we are totely willing to kill a billion people it's fucking crazy. That cunt needs to know we are not bluffing we will wipe billions from the face of the earth and irradiate europe for generations because if we don't then he will do what ever hoe wants.
I agree. But it is primarily a question of convincing the other side to actually do it, not only for the own mainland but for any area of any Eastern European NATO country bordering Russia.
Always has been mate it the basis of MAD theory that's stopped the cold war going hot you fire ome we fire all of ours and we all die
A random city in NATO territory you mean?
Maybe not nukes though, because that would be pointless in a mutual destructive way.
That's what the conventional army is for. With ET.
The nuclear deterrent stops Russia from using nukes, that's all.
Well, giving Russia the impression of being able to have a limited and controllable conflict, as they thought they could have in Ukraine, is precisely what could entice them to start the conflict, as happened in Ukraine.
What stops Russia from waging a conflict is the credibly conveyed risk of uncontrollable escalation. Is this something either Britain or France can currently project with their nukes?
A very nice clip though! With a lot of bitter truths..
You don't need nukes to make Russia think thrice, they can be easily hurt a lot in very conventional ways. What the nuklear deterrent is good for is them not defending themselves with nukes. Generally speaking the only thing nukes are good for is to stop others from using nukes.
Also do watch Yes, Minister, and Yes, Prime Minister. Best political TV show ever and not just because it's hilarious. Only show able to put Babylon 5 on second place.
Agreed. But while an attack on Britain always poses the risk of escalating onto a nuclear level and hence is very 'unattractive', an attack on Estonia could be contained. Say they took Tallinn within 48 hours. Button? I don't think so and nor do they.
I'd argue the deterring effect of nuclear deterrent can only properly unfold if the opposing side has no way of telling its boundaries. Is it London? Berlin? Tallinn? Narva? Only then the risk is too high for an aggressor to actually attack.