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To: canuck_conservative
Putin won’t use nukes, because that WILL bring in NATO ... which is the last thing Putin wants, he can barely handle just ukraine

That is the most foolish thing I have ever heard.   You are ignorantly thinking of small tactical nukes in theater.

Have you not heard of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction?   If the super powers use nuclear weapons there is no choice but to launch on warning.   When there is only sixteen minutes or less from a launch until destruction, there is no choice but to launch the most crushing barrage of weapons before the other guy has a chance to destroy your arsenal.

Let me guess, you have never been in the military.   What am I asking for?   You are from the Great White North.   Nuclear weapons trump any imagined political support.

37 posted on 03/10/2023 11:24:18 PM PST by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken!)
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To: higgmeister; canuck_conservative

Canada is an important part of our nuclear readiness. Our forces are combined. If Putin’s forces attempt to begin preparations for launches, our survivability is far ahead of Russia’s.


44 posted on 03/11/2023 12:06:50 AM PST by familyop ("For they that sleep with dogs, shall rise with fleas" (John Webster, "The White Devil" 1612).)
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To: higgmeister

As an Albertan, I will say that fool doesn’t represent us. Also, you shouldn’t engage small children. They have no clue what they talk about and simply speak to hear themselves and look important.


71 posted on 03/11/2023 4:21:43 AM PST by Bulwyf (Why? )
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To: higgmeister; canuck_conservative
higgmeister: "Have you not heard of MAD, Mutually Assured Destruction?
If the super powers use nuclear weapons there is no choice but to launch on warning."

The basic idea is, if Russia attacks Ukraine with nukes, then Russians can expect to be attacked with nukes in return.
Tactical nukes?
Strategic nukes?
Nuclear engineering devices?
Who knows?

Vlad the Invader can expect that whatever he launches at Ukraine, Russia will receive in return.
How MAD is that?

83 posted on 03/11/2023 5:33:36 AM PST by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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