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In reply to the discussion: Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine [View all]appmanga
(566 posts)11. Should this happen...
...NATO would have no choice except to retaliate by running Russia out of every crack and corner of Ukraine, including Crimea. There should be more sanctions, but that would not be enough. NATO needs to make clear the use of nukes in Europe will trigger military intervention. Putin's bluff must be called.
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This assertion is (to use such weapons) a war crime by itself. My fear is not that Russia wouldn't
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2022
#2
Yes, watched an army intelligence person saying those war heads have a life span
PortTack
Mar 2022
#24
The tritium has to be replaced about every 10 years in the warhead. Now that is just them bomb
LiberalArkie
Mar 2022
#31
Minuteman missiles are tested every so often at Vandenberg. Probably makes it a target though...
AntiFascist
Mar 2022
#32
And if the security of the nukes is anything like it was in the old Soviet Union,
MarineCombatEngineer
Mar 2022
#41
The Russians should be scared of *our* nukes, not the other way around.
Fiendish Thingy
Mar 2022
#25
Last year I saw a picture in the Air & Space Smithsonian magazine of the Russian Air Force's...
Crowman2009
Mar 2022
#54