[The question is what kind of attack on one of the NATO nations would be enough to trigger a nuclear exchange with Russia? Would use of a tactical nuke against Poland or Romania be worth that kind of risk (i.e., all out nuclear war)? Not saying its OK, just thinking about the proportionality and what it would take to justify thousands of nukes being launched — and the global consequences thereof.]
President Joe Biden made yet another major policy misstep. Russia, he suggested would face but minor consequences if it restrained itself to but a “minor nuke” into Europe.
Unsurprisingly, the suggestion that a nuke—if properly sized—would draw only a wrist slap...
“Unsurprisingly, the suggestion that a nuke—if properly sized—would draw only a wrist slap...”
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Thank you. That was an idiotic remark by Biden, but it does underscore the issue of proportionality in a back handed kind of way. Would use of a tactical nuke provoke in a back water country be enough to trigger an all out nuclear conflagration? I don’t think so. In actuality, because of the global consequences, it would probably take a lot more than that to trigger a major response. JMHO