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Showing Original Post only (View all)Those who are "enthusiastic" for war... [View all]
The risk of a nuclear exchange is of course the total nightmare...
But there's more.
Last year Russia successfully fired the Tsirkon ASM missile from a submarine.
What does that mean, what's a Tsirkon?
It's a hypersonic anti-ship missile with a range of 1000km and is *probably not defensible.
So that means... a Russian sub could fire the missile within 1000km of a US carrier group and sink a US carrier with 5000 crew onboard.
And there's probably nothing anyone could do to stop it.
So set up that no-fly zone... shoot down a few Russian jets... what's the escalation look like?
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Doesn't matter that their nukes are unstoppable. MAD may be tested sooner rather than later
andym
Mar 2022
#4
That's not my point. My point is that nuclear brinkmanship is definitely on the table for Vlad.
andym
Mar 2022
#45
And others agree with people other than you. People with the same amount of what you know.
boston bean
Mar 2022
#46
I will continue to state my opinions on a message board that's purpose is to state opinions on
boston bean
Mar 2022
#53
BTW my opinion is consistent with that of President Biden and the Administration
WarGamer
Mar 2022
#35