• Gsus4@mander.xyz
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        3 months ago

        And this is why nuclear powers don’t start stupid wars of conquest, because if they fail (normally they fail), “nukes fly”.

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            3 months ago

            Sharp as a rusty cleaver. I really don’t understand what you are trying to say. What about Vietnam? Who tried to conquer it, China? You understand what an annexation is? The only time an annexation worked since WW2 was Tibet at least that I can remember.

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      3 months ago

      Pretty soon the world is going to need proof that they have even one working warhead before that stops being a viable defense.

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        3 months ago

        I remind you of the famous launch-site homing russian SAM and dare them to prove it.

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        3 months ago

        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.