• @[email protected]
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    109 hours ago

    They only need to get rid of one little coward hiding in his bunker - Putin. It would be a whole different story if he was on the front actually fighting because so many Russians die there.

    • @[email protected]M
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      I wish, but he has lots of people to succeed him, who also piss and shit all over other people’s stuff. Can you imagine a female version of Putin? There is one- Maria Belovna, IIRC her name. She is the kamehameha beyotch in charge of stealing children from Ukraine and putting them in “education” camps. Unfortunately she is in her maximum Cartman’s Mom years. Not old, not young. I think she, even though a civilian, should be moved up the list for wet work, treated just like a Russian military officer and charged with war crimes in absentia. Car ignition go pop.

  • @finitebanjo
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    Tankies will be in here supporting nuclear options unironically.

  • @Nuke_the_whales
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    You’re making it look like it’s Ukraine’s choice. They’re being forced to the nuclear path by the internal enemies within NATO that are fucking everything up

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      Ukraine gave up those nukes in exchange for security assurances. If Russia is going to go back on its assurance, then Ukraine should be able to go back to the nukes. Fair is fair.

      As a former SSR that held nuclear weapons on its territory before 1968, they even oughta be free and clear with respect to the non proliferation treaty.

      • @[email protected]
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        65 hours ago

        I been saying this for years, and it’s really nice to see someone say this too while also not getting 1000 downvotes. I shed a tear of joy for the new generation

      • @brucethemoose
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        As a former SSR that held nuclear weapons on its territory before 1968, they even oughta be free and clear with respect to the non proliferation treaty.

        Is that true? If the worst comes to pass, I wonder what the UN will say (not that it matters…)

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          Is that true? If the worst comes to pass, I wonder what the UN will say (not that it matters…)

        • @[email protected]
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          what the UN will say

          “Well, they have nukes now, so international law is now more like international suggestions for them”

        • @mkwt
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          This is NonCredibleDefense. So it’s true if it would be funny if it were true.

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            In UN

            Russia’s deligate is beyond furious. Most everyone has an awkward look. China is getting very annoyed with their vassal’s war, and someone on the floor:

            wringing hands “Well technically its within Ukraine’s rights…”

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              They didn’t see this coming? It seems like it’s super easy to surprise UN security council members.

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    It’s a bold move but I don’t see it changing the outcome of the ongoing war. If Ukraine could build long-range ballistic missiles in the near future, I think they could regain the advantage even without any nuclear warheads. Nuclear warheads would not be useful without those ballistic missiles.

    (What would happen if Ukraine did have nuclear-armed ballistic missiles but Russia refused to withdraw from Ukrainian territory? I don’t foresee Ukraine actually nuking Russia, even in those circumstances.)

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      Man fuck these comments, nuke Russia you pussies. I’ll deliver the missiles myself if that’s what you need. Strap me to the rocket and fire me at Moscow!

    • @[email protected]
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      A truck can deliver a nuke. Just pack it in cat litter and drive it onto that bridge in Crimea. Should knock that stupid thing out finally.

    • @Passerby6497
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      Fuck it, give them a Davy Crocket and then you don’t need no stinkin’ ballistic missiles.

    • @brucethemoose
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      Just package it as a good old gravity bomb or glide bomb?

      Or get creative and mount it on a swarm of large drones (with the others being decoys for SAMs). Maybe like a fleet of old prop planes flying very low.

      This is very hypothetical though, no one should hope for Ukraine reaching the point of even considering an actual launch of a nuke.

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    Removed by mod

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      Rule 11: Do not spread misinformation. The goal for the alliance is for Ukraine to join NATO. That’s been said many times now.

  • @[email protected]
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    1324 hours ago

    Why, why Mr. Zelensky, don’t you develop nuclear weapons like other nations: in silence?

    • Pup Biru
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      nuclear is neither about having, nor using the weapons … it’s about the fear of future use of weapons

      silence isn’t helpful in that endeavour

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      No development required, I think they can open a drawer somewhere and pick one of several soviet designs. If they want a nuke, they can build one right away.

      It would cost them the support of their allies, however, and they cannot afford that.

      It’s saber rattling.

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        Maybe the support is not worth losing the war. In “The King and I”, the King of Siam has a verse “…If allies are weak, am I not best alone? …If allies are strong with power to protect me, might they not protect me out of all I own?”

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        The support may be dropping away anyway.

        Imagine a right wing US/EU election sweep from Zelensky’s point of view. They’re going to force Ukraine to capitulate, and in a very lopsided manner that cripples Ukraine forever, hence this could be an actual option/last resort more than a threat.

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          Would a right wing US government force a capitulation? I was under the impression that support from the US was bipartisan.

            • @Dainterhawk999
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              The Trumpest of the the Trump… The big Trumpest… 😃

            • @[email protected]
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              Its this exact kind of baseless nonsense that makes it so damn difficult for a foreigner to try and understand US politics.

              • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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                It’s not that hard to understand, you are proto-Hungary with nukes and guns.

              • @InverseParallax
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                Trump is extremely pro-russian, and has managed to push most of the republican base that way.

                The leadership is pro-ukraine, but their power is limited under a trump presidency.

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            Are you kidding? Trump hates Zelensky with a burning passion, because he personally wronged him.

            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trump–Ukraine_scandal

            The Trump–Ukraine scandal was a political scandal that arose primarily from the discovery of U.S. President Donald Trump’s attempts to coerce Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden and thus potentially damage Biden’s campaign for the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination.

            He’s going to screw Ukraine and offer Russia a favorable capitulation the absolute first second he can. And probably offer Russia Zelensky if he can manage it.

            The Republicans are increasingly turning anti-NATO as well.

            Oldschool Republicans lawmakers 100% support Ukraine, maybe even stronger than Democrats do. Some are still hanging around the Senate, but most are gone or retiring soon (like Mitch Mcconnell), and they’re already gone from the U.S. House and Trump’s cabinet.

            edit: Now that I think about it, Mike Johnson (The US House speaker) did make a suprise decision in support of Ukraine and in defiance of his own party, but his position as speaker is extremely precarious. I don’t think that will happen again.

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              Not kidding, just a foreigner. I assumed it was bipartisan given America’s hatred for Russia over the past few decades. Didn’t realize Trump was so bully for em. I knew about the whole “he’s a Russian not” conspiracy but given that seemed to be false I assumed it was more accepted by both sides that Ukraine should have aid.

              • @InverseParallax
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                We didn’t hate Russia.

                We didn’t care.

                Do you hate a rat you saw once 5 years ago?

                At best we held them in quiet contempt until Crimea, then 2022 pulled the contempt to the surface.

                Personally I think we need to set an example, dresden comes to mind.

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                Aplogies for being rude.

                Yeah, Trump’s fascination with strongmen is more of a personality quirk than policy, but the attitude of the Republic party has abruptly shifted from “anti Russia/China” to more universally protectionist and isolationist. If you watch Tucker Carlson (for instance), you’ll hear a lot of questioning like “why should we have to pay for all this madness overseas?” and accusations its feeding the US military industrial complex… and there’s a nugget of truth there. The oldschool Republicans have been steadily losing power, and this is kinda the tipping point.

                If Trump wins, expect to see a lot of noise about withdrawing from NATO, pulling out of large trade agreements, “abruptly” settling disputes, tarrifs. Things like that, basically the exact opposite of the old neoliberal paradigm.

                He also holds vicious grudges, something he did before he even got into politics, so that may color some foreign policy as well. If he’s acting strange towards some person in particular on the news, search for “Trump (X) controversy,” and something from before 2020 will probably come up.

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        Looking at Israel, the “don’t ask permission, ask forgiveness” strategy really works with the US (a good example is also Kursk attack, Nord Stream 2 or Kerch bridge sabotage). They should just be doing crazy shit, forcing escalation on Russian side, and thus in response by the US/NATO. Of course this is a delicate balance, but a few nukes on paper I think would still be okay.

        These could guarantee the existence of their nation in the future, and unless they use them on a Russian city, no repercussions would happen beyond verbal saber rattling just for having it. Russia would definitely shit themselves and dial back on the agression.

      • @[email protected]
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        Building a nuke is not difficult. Refining the necessary amount of uranium 235, or acquiring plutonium 239 however…

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          Considering how the world’s biggest uranium producer by far is Kazakhstan and Russia seems to be actively determined to tank Russian-Kazakh relations, I’m pretty sure they could acquire some

        • nukeM
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          Khajiit has wares, if you have coin

        • @HasturInYellow
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          He’s stated they have the material and could have a nuke within weeks I believe.they have reactors so the material isn’t hard to come by really

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          The engineering for plutonium nuke is not trivial. A U235 one is dead simple, but they probably have Plutonium from reactors, not U235 from centrifuges.

          And yeah, they undoubtedly have Soviet blueprints under a matress somewhere.

          • @InverseParallax
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            Who do you think designed the Soviet nukes?

            https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv_Institute_of_Physics_and_Technology

            The Ukrainian Institute of Physics and Technology was the “Laboratory no. 1” for nuclear physics, and was responsible for the first conceptual development of a nuclear bomb in the USSR.[3]: 4

            Russians are inbred drunk morons, which is why everything they tried since the fall has been disastrous, and why we haven’t seen su-57s and t-14s in actual combat while the semhat exploded on the pad and their own bombs rained on their soil.

            If the war goes on expect them to nuke Moscow by mistake.

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        It can’t be saber rattling at this stage, it’s a promise.

        Maybe one that cannot be kept, but I seriously doubt the allies could stop it if the fronts retract and troops from nato countries are not sent?

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      Man I thought this was a solid “thanks Obama” use given his weak defense of Crimea brought us directly to this point. Damn.

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        For real, it was imo the most categorically awful geopolitical play he (and Merkel, to boot) made while in office. Like, Neville Chamberlain-grade awful.