had the chance to take out Russian bombers parked on the ground in June, but Washington’s restrictions on ATACMS strikes on Russian territory denied Kyiv its fleeting opportunity.
      • pivot_root@lemmy.world
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        1 month ago

        The existence of nukes didn’t stop the government from participating in proxy wars during the Cold War period, and they certainly didn’t stop them from directly invading other countries in the early 2000s.

        If I had to hazard a guess, nuclear annihilation isn’t the greatest concern.

      • Lotarion@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        If they had the balls to start hurling nukes when they were threatened (and they damn well are threatened) the world would be over long ago

        Which is to say, suggesting that they are ever going to be able to punish something as big as the US is fear mongering that only benefits russia