labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhy did Pootin threaten the whole world with nuclear weapons, but then stopped doing so?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy did Pootin threaten the whole world with nuclear weapons, but then stopped doing so?labbbb@thelemmy.club to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareLesserAbe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoI think they weren’t ever going to use them because they know they would get nuked in turn. Once it became clear the bluff wasn’t working, makes you look weak to use a threat and not follow through.
minus-squareBeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoPlus many of them are so poorly maintained they likely wouldn’t launch anyway. Missiles have a lot of upkeep
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoWhile this may well be true, Russia has so many nukes and nukes are themselves so destructive that it’s kinda cold comfort even if 90% of them fail
I think they weren’t ever going to use them because they know they would get nuked in turn. Once it became clear the bluff wasn’t working, makes you look weak to use a threat and not follow through.
Plus many of them are so poorly maintained they likely wouldn’t launch anyway. Missiles have a lot of upkeep
While this may well be true, Russia has so many nukes and nukes are themselves so destructive that it’s kinda cold comfort even if 90% of them fail