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minus-squareRestrictedAccount@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·4 months agoThe only response is nukes
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·edit-24 months agoA nuclear power just had its sovereignty “violated.” Nukes didn’t fly.
minus-squareGsus4@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 months agoAnd this is why nuclear powers don’t start stupid wars of conquest, because if they fail (normally they fail), “nukes fly”.
minus-squareLinktank@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·4 months agoPretty soon the world is going to need proof that they have even one working warhead before that stops being a viable defense.
minus-squarespechter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoI remind you of the famous launch-site homing russian SAM and dare them to prove it.
minus-squaresuperkret@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoThat’s just the thing: No one knows, not even the Russians. Which is why they won’t launch them. Cause that could lead to a worse outcome for Putin than total annihilation - public embarassment.
The only response is nukes
A nuclear power just had its sovereignty “violated.”
Nukes didn’t fly.
And this is why nuclear powers don’t start stupid wars of conquest, because if they fail (normally they fail), “nukes fly”.
Pretty soon the world is going to need proof that they have even one working warhead before that stops being a viable defense.
I remind you of the famous launch-site homing russian SAM and dare them to prove it.
Do they work?
That’s just the thing: No one knows, not even the Russians.
Which is why they won’t launch them. Cause that could lead to a worse outcome for Putin than total annihilation - public embarassment.