"The Americans have told the Russians that if you explode a nuke, even if it doesn't kill anybody, we will hit all your targets (positions) in Ukraine with conventional weapons, we’ll destroy all of them," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the Guardian.
    • Joe@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 month ago

      Politically and economically, yes. Militarily, don’t be so sure (assuming it’s not a direct attack on a NATO country). The risk of nuclear escalation at that point would be immense, and buttholes would be clenched worldwide. A firm and non-nuclear-escalatory response is guaranteed.

      It would be a very quick exit strategy for russia from Ukraine though, and putin would soon after have his gaddafi moment, with a russian twist.

      China remains a wildcard unfortunately.

      • maculata@aussie.zone
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        1 month ago

        Yes. I don’t think nuclear escalation is likely to occur. Putin will likely be very quickly be served up on a platter by the Russian populace to international courts, possibly already cooked and steaming.