[News] If Putin nukes the West...

[Official Old Man]

Wow, heavy stuff this early in the morning.
But surely Putin would aim his missiles at the very troop bases we would use to invade Russia. Even if he didn't, he would hold back missiles to use on said troops and bases when these armies starts to mass together. In the same way we all knew he was getting his army together to invade Ukraine along the border, we should have massed NATO troops along the Ukraine border.

 

[rippleman]

As we were told in 70s when it was all going to go off..........

"Stick your head between your legs and kiss your arse goodbye"

Really is no point in losing sleep over it OP. If it is going to go off, absolutely f*** all you can do to stop it. So enjoy life.

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Can't sleep. Been thinking. Would it make sense to respond in kind, nuking Russia back, or would it make more sense to actually refrain completely from using any nukes at all and instead just invade Russia with a massive combined NATO force. The normal school of thought is that if attacked with nukes, it behoves the West to retaliate with nukes (M.A.D.), but is this sound thinking? Apparently Russia wouldn't stand a chance in a conventional war with NATO. The only thing stopping NATO crushing Russia is its nukes. Once Russia uses its trump card, the West would have nothing to lose by invading Russia. NATO could defeat Russia in a conventional war, take its land (which is larger than the EU plus USA combined anyway) as reparations, and use Russia's un-nuked land to relocate Western IDPs.

Edit: I think if Putin knew his beloved Russia would suffer the ignominy of being overrun and divvied up among NATO countries, with a large portion going to Ukraine, it would be a greater deterrent for him than the idea of M.A.D.

You do know they have enough to obliterate Europe and the US, don't you. Conventional war wouldn't work as all command and control would be lost, the internet would be no more and they'd even consider stopping the DFS sale and the re-run of Top Gear on Dave.

 

[hart's shirt]

NSC might be ok with a nuclear strike.

With at least one of us on here being dyslexic, the outcome could be unclear.

 

[sparkie]

Well if he nukes the West he loses as well :

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Everything you need to know

 

[LamieRobertson]

International ‘breaks’ have got a lot to answer for