Medvedev’s response misses the point—by invoking “Dead Hand,” he ignores the logic of MAD: any nuclear retaliation guarantees mutual destruction. Instead of sounding strong, he sounds unhinged—like he’s threatening a suicide pact to defend a weak economy and avoid negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.
There are some who won’t be happy until the world is a smoking, radioactive hellscape.. Ruling elites believe they can get to their waiting aircraft and fly to their bolt holes in patagonia or new zealand and ride it out. Ironic that in ‘50’s when there were very few nukes our govt had massive civil defense with shelters. Now with thousands of nukes the US govt response to protection of civil population is ....nothing?