Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons
Russian President Putin signs a new doctrine that lowers the threshold for using nuclear weapons
President Vladimir Putin has signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack.
cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/28311786
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a revised nuclear doctrine declaring that a conventional attack on Russia by any nation that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack on his country.
The signing of the doctrine, which says that any massive aerial attack on Russia could trigger a nuclear response, reflects Putin’s readiness to threaten use of the country’s nuclear arsenal to force the West to back down as Moscow presses a slow-moving offensive in Ukraine.
This dude is "the boy who called wolf" of world leaders. Putin " I'm gonna nuke you if I don't get my way" vs rest of the world "mmmkay baby putin, you do that"
I'm from the only country that has ever dropped a nuke in anger. I bear some of the weight of that. It's real to me.
Everyone knows Russia is just posturing, but it still personally offends me on a moral level.
To be honest it's worse than that. Japan was already moving towards a ceasefire and looking to exit the war when we dropped the bomb. It was posturing, specifically against Russia that we dropped those two bombs.
We dropped those two bombs on Japan to justify the cost of the program and to showcase our new weapon that would project power and create a new US hegemony.
Here's a great interview about it. https://www.npr.org/2023/08/11/1193189051/looking-back-at-the-decision-to-drop-atomic-bombs-on-hiroshima-and-nagasaki
That's a very one-sided take on why the 2 bombs were dropped. Far more significant is that the Potsdam ultimatum had still not been publicly acknowledged let alone officially accepted and that Japanese resistance was significantly increasing every km closer the allies got to the Japanese mainland despite almost every city already being levelled due to prior bombing campaigns.
The Japanese government wasn't working towards a ceasefire. It was split evenly for vs against surrender and the Hawks attempted a coup even after the bombs were dropped.
Saving American lives (and Japanese lives in the aggregate) was the foremost reason they were dropped. and fixating on tertiary bonus goals is disinformation when the whole situation is considered.
Oh I know. It's a centerpiece national shame among a wide collection.
They aren't though. They can drop a few nukes without suffering nuclear retaliation. Any nukes fired at Russia automatically triggers a full scale Russian launch.
So while Russia could nuke others, others cannot nuke Russia, not without triggering the end of the world.
You know the US also has a launch on wanting policy.
If any of the billion dollar spy satellites see an ICBM launch that’s even vaguely going towards the US, we launch an overwhelming response.
Russia isn’t going to drop a few nukes and waltz away, because the US has the same system or better in place already. Especially if Russia hits a nato country, we’re all gonna die due to MAD. One bomb breaks MAD.
Bold of you to assume Russia can nuke anybody. Putin would have to do a lot of talking to explain why they had to nuke Ukraine when the war is going sooo great according to all the state media. He isn't invincible even in Moscow. And if they hit anyone else, then it's pretty much all over but the crying for all of us.
Maybe the end of a bunch of capitol cities
as a french, this is still soft... French doctrine is the best to create fear among potential enemies
... Well, go on then. Tell us!
French Doctrine is a warning shot doctrine: We use a small nuke to warn the enemy that if they continue we will use bigger one.