Putin starts tactical nuke drills near Ukraine
Putin starts tactical nuke drills near Ukraine
Using a tactical nuke is the fastest way to ensure the rest of the world beats you into oblivion. Hell, China and the US would probably team up to stomp on Russia if they tried to pull a stunt like that.
It all but guarantees escalation, from which no one benefits.
Least if all Putin, as it would be the end of Russia.
China is Russia's greatest friend right now. They probably would not.
Not sure if friendship accurately describes the relationship between Russia and China.
I think it is a very opportunistic and imbalanced relationship. With Russia having little alternatives, and China gladly taking advantage of cheap resources and selling opportunities.
I can't see China sticking with Russia for ideological reasons the second the situation becomes unfavorable for them. In that case they'll drop them like a hot potato and swoop back in to profit once the dust has settled again.
But you are right that they might not team up with the West and rather choose to just sit on the sidelines. At least as long as no one forces them to pick a side.
Yet another reason why Russia should be denuclearized (how you spell that), and probably split up in 4-5 countries.
Ah shit here we go again
I know it’s not what it meant, but I had these visions of tactical nuclear powered drills….
A tactical hole here, a tactical hole there.. these nuclear drills are great.
But once you start a tactical nuke drill… how do you stop it?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russia on Tuesday announced it has started tactical nuclear weapons exercises near Ukraine, as Moscow again accused the West of being "provocative."
The Kremlin's Southern Military District troops "are practicing combat training tasks of obtaining special ammunition for the Iskander operational-tactical missile system, equipping launch vehicles with them and covertly advancing to the designated position area in preparation for missile launches," Russia's defense ministry said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made veiled nuclear threats toward the West for years, since he began a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, leaving tens of thousands of people dead, and towns and cities in ruins.
Western allies have supported Ukraine with military equipment to help Kyiv fend off Putin's aggression.
Military personnel "involved in the exercise practise equipping aviation weapons with special warheads, including the Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missiles, and flying into designated patrol areas," the Kremlin added.
Earlier this month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov accused French President Emmanuel Macron and "British representatives" of provoking Russia's nuclear escalation, after U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron said during a trip to Kyiv that Ukraine could strike Russia with British weapons, while Macron has floated the possibility of sending Western troops to fight in Ukraine.
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Putin has zero chill. It's a shame he can't just...not do this. Like he could likely have anything he wants in life, and this is what he chooses? You have to be cancer in personified form to be a genocidal maniac like this.
They're really playing with fire...