I fear Putin will explode a nuclear weapon and blame it on the Ukraine.

[craig]

It will shake the world order. And he does not care.

 

[Queen Margo]

He is a nut case, and as he gets older he will probably get more narcistic.

 

[Moon]

That would be a bit of a trick considering Ukraine gave up all of their nukes in the 90s.

 

[craig]

That would be a bit of a trick considering Ukraine gave up all of their nukes in the 90s.

Putin: Ukraine’s threat to develop nuclear weapons not an empty bravado

Kiev has Soviet technologies and delivery systems for such weapons, Russian President said

tass.com

 

[Monica33]

It seems some of you have quickly become unbalanced and need a good night's sleep .

 

[TypicalRussian]

boomer level take. Only the US is overreacting to a centuries old slavic conflict

 

[craig]

boomer level take. Only the US is overreacting to a centuries old slavic conflict

The problem with autocrats is that they really are not governed by anyone else.

 

[TypicalRussian]

The problem with autocrats is that they really are not governed by anyone else.

so what

 

[Moon]

Putin: Ukraine’s threat to develop nuclear weapons not an empty bravado

Kiev has Soviet technologies and delivery systems for such weapons, Russian President said

tass.com

They going to buy a kit from Radio Shack?

 

[Gaius46]

It will shake the world order. And he does not care.

Ukraine doesn’t have nukes.

 

[craig]

so what

Because they only make decisions based on their own monomaniacal ideas.

 

[craig]

Ukraine doesn’t have nukes.

But Russia does. It is the big lie.

 

[Checkerboard Strangler]

That would be a bit of a trick considering Ukraine gave up all of their nukes in the 90s.

The headline says that

Putin will explode a nuclear weapon

NOT UKRAINE.​

 

[TypicalRussian]

Because they only make decisions based on their own monomaniacal ideas.

dont we all

 

[craig]

dont we all

Not in a democracy.

 

[Moon]

The headline says that

Putin will explode a nuclear weapon​

​

NOT UKRAINE.​

That makes the idea only slightly less dumb than what I mistakenly thought it was.

 

[Jredbaron96]

Serious question,

why?

 

[craig]

Serious question,

why?

Because that is his power. And he has advertised it.

Russia launches nuclear exercise in show of military strength

Russia on Saturday launched a nuclear exercise comprised of multiple hypersonic missiles in an effort to display its military strength.The move comes amid mounting fears from the U.S., Canada and E…

thehill.com

 

[Jredbaron96]

Because that is his power. And he has advertised it.

Russia launches nuclear exercise in show of military strength

Russia on Saturday launched a nuclear exercise comprised of multiple hypersonic missiles in an effort to display its military strength.The move comes amid mounting fears from the U.S., Canada and E…

thehill.com

What tactical/operational/strategic utility does detonating a nuclear weapon serve as this point?

 

[HIP56948]

They going to buy a kit from Radio Shack?

Ask and thou shall receive..

 

[Moon]

Ask and thou shall receive..

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Nice!

 

[SCrider]

That would be a bit of a trick considering Ukraine gave up all of their nukes in the 90s.

Hell Trump and at least half the GOP would go along with it.

 

[iguanaman]

boomer level take. Only the US is overreacting to a centuries old slavic conflict

This is the 21st century not the 19th. Your love of Putin is showing.

 

[craig]

What tactical/operational/strategic utility does detonating a nuclear weapon serve as this point?

It upsets the world order and gives Putin negotiating power he would otherwise not have. He has other nuclear weapons. They have no use unless he can use them as a threat.

 

[iguanaman]

It upsets the world order and gives Putin negotiating power he would otherwise not have. He has other nuclear weapons. They have no use unless he can use them as a threat.

He has 190,000 Russian troops in the area why in the hell would he use a nuke on them?