Russia says Ukraine attacked it using U.S.-made missiles, signals it’s ready for nuclear response

CNBC ^ | 11/19/24 | holly ellyatt

[JonPreston]

Moscow signaled to the West that it’s ready for a nuclear confrontation.

Ukrainian news outlets reported early Tuesday that the missiles had been used to attack a Russian military facility in the Bryansk border region.

[JonPreston]

Biden's plan to stop Trump has been engaged. Don't forget to thank our Zeepers for supporting this mess x 2.5 years.

[EQAndyBuzz]

If Russia is going to employ tactical nukes, shouldn’t they first remove all their soldiers from Ukraine?

[TexasFreeper2009]

exactly, this is just BS posturing by Putin.

I fully support Ukraine, but don’t want to send taxpayer dollars or US troops there.

BUT I will gladly support SELLING Ukraine any military tech they need to stop the wanna be dictator and attempted recreator of the old soviet union from stealing land from it’s innocent neighbor.

I can’t wait for Trump to take office and threaten Putin into stopping this.

[one guy in new jersey]

Theoretically, no. Practically speaking, though, for example if you’re a Russian soldier near where a tactical nuke is set to be used, you are thinking: Get me the blazes out of here.

[DocRock]

Depends on wind direction and fallout

[canuck_conservative]

So Putin is going to launch a nuclear attack on the US?

That definitely won’t go down well with the incoming Trump team ...

More proof of Putin’s complete stupidity

[Blueflag]

You’re likely familiar with terms like DEFCON, THREATCON and FPCON.

Time to introduce a new one: PREPCON.

Time to be at PREPCON Charlie.

Also time to post the video from Red October
https://youtu.be/YZuMe5RvxPQ

[Old Yeller]

It’s not Biden doing the scheming.

[roving]

Putin acts like they’re the only ones with nuclear weapons.

[TigerClaws]

🚨 Vladimir Putin’s nuclear targets mapped: The 14 US locations in Russia’s crosshairs 🚨

Putin claimed that his new RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile is ready for the Russian military to use.

Also known as the Satan-II, it measures 116 feet in length, weighs 220 tonnes, and reportedly has a range of a range of 6,200 to 11,180 miles.

The Pentagon

The Pentagon is perhaps the most obvious target. Located in Arlington, Virginia, it is the headquarters for the US Department of Defense.

Naval Station Norfolk

The US and the world’s largest Navy base, located in Norfolk, Virginia. It has the highest concentration of US Navy forces. Around 100,000 air operations are carried out here yearly, equivalent to almost 300 a day.

Comfort Suites Kings Bay Naval Base Area

Another clear target as it is the base of the United States Navy, located in Camden County, Georgia.

Barksdale Air Force Base

Barksdale is a United States Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The base is home to the US’ 2nd Bomb Wing.

Whiteman Air Force Base

Located near Knob Noster, Missouri, the base is home to the US’ B-2 Spirit bomber - a heavy strategic bomber plane.

United States Strategic Command

Another potential key target for the Russians. It is responsible for the US’ nuclear deterrence and cyber defense among other key roles.

VLF Array Lualualei

A facility in Lualualei, Hawaii, that communicates military orders to submarines underwater.

Kirtland Air Force Base

Home to the Air Force Materiel Command’s Nuclear Weapons Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

21st Force Support Squadron

This is the US’ Space Force unit based at Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado.

Warren Air Force Base

An Air Force Base in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and one of three strategic-missile bases.

Minot Air Force Base

Based in Minot, North Dakota, it is home to the US’ 5th Bomb Wing. The force is used to maintain and operate B-52H bombers.

Hill Air Force Base

Home of the Air Force Materiel Command, housing a variety of missiles, aircraft, and other military technology. Located in Davis County, Utah

Malmstrom Air Force Base

Located in Cascade County, Montana, and home of the 341st Missile Wing - an intercontinental missile unit.

Naval Radio Station Jim Creek

Primarily responsible for one-way communications to submarines, based near Oso, Washington.
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[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Given the long history of MAD -- mutually assured ddestruction -- the headlines now are nothing new. But the media and governments on many sides want whole populations to conclude this is new.

WIKI reminds: "The term 'mutual assured destruction', commonly abbreviated 'MAD', was coined by Donald Brennan, a strategist working in Herman Kahn's Hudson Institute n 1962. Brennan conceived the acronym cynically, spelling out the English word 'mad' to argue that holding weapons capable of destroying society was irrational."

Screaming headlines translates into screaming headlines.

Someone somewhere thinks screaming headlines will help.....

Since 1962, this one's an oldie but goodie.

[tennmountainman]

Alex Soros and our Zeepers are Happy.
They may get an escalated war they have always wanted.
And for what? WW3 over a Corrupt Country like YouCrayne?

[nopardons]

BTTT

[Tench_Coxe]

"Comfort Suites Kings Bay Naval Base Area"

Why target a hotel? Is that where Lindsay and friends have their "trysts"?

[canuck_conservative]

Putin’s bluffing

You seriously think he’s stupid enough to alienate the whole World against Russia?

Putin is that stupid?

[SaveFerris]

Exactly

[kiryandil]

Did you see that one mouth-breathing neoconned that believes that Ukraine needs to take out all Russia oil related infrastructure completely?

I suggested that he look at some maps of The Russia.

These FR Soros puppets aren't the sharpest bulbs in the drawer...

[CIB-173RDABN]

Is this a threat or a bluff?

Putin has to see that after almost three years his military has not been able to take over a small nation sitting on their border.

How does he think he could win a war against NATO and/or the United States? Help from China? Help from North Korea? In a real war neither China or North Korea would last very long.

WWIII would not be like WWII. Well except for mass destruction only what took ten years would be over in less then ten weeks.

The United States has not used it’s full military strength since WWII. Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction and have not been used yet since WWII because the first use would require a response in kind or their use would become common.

Ukraine and Russia should be warned they are both about to be destroyed if they don’t back down.

[DarthVader]

This is OBuggery’s doing!

[AndyJackson]

Your ignorance of key modern strategic issues is profound. The whole point of low yield tactical nuclear weapons is that the radiation effects are contained well within the blast radius of the weapon. So you can destroy an airbase, say, and leave the surrounding areas unaffected. Precision delivery means you can now put them exactly where you want to put them for maximum military effect and minimum civilian effect.

The US has no proportionate response and has declined to develop them as a consquence of a whole variety of ill conceived policies. We don't need them because of our supposed overwhelming conventional dominance. The rest of the world, noting that point has developed low-yield tactical nukes. You can't call it illegal or immoral because tactical nukes is how we were going to defend the Fulda Gap against the massed Russian tank invasion that was going to come pouring through. And our new SecDef already waxed elequant on our huge strategic vulnerabilities because of several decades of misdirection.