MorelaakIsBack [comrade/them] to news • 2 years agoBelarus revokes it's nonnuclear state status and just like that humanity is actively playing nuclear chess againimagemessage-square55 fedilinkarrow-up1136file-text
arrow-up1136imageBelarus revokes it's nonnuclear state status and just like that humanity is actively playing nuclear chess againMorelaakIsBack [comrade/them] to news • 2 years agomessage-square55 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehexaflexagonbear [he/him]hexbear31·2 years agoThis might be to put more Russian short/intermediate range ballistic nukes within range of the EU :blob-no-thoughts: Doesn't sound great. link
minus-squareKasDapital [any]hexbear37·edit-22 years agoImo it could be an analogue of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Especially as negotiations start. Have an excuse to pull them out of Belarus in exchange for NATO backing off of Ukraine. Of course we may just burn everything. link
minus-squareEvilsandwichman [none/use name]hexbear8·edit-22 years agoThe 'we burn everything' or.....? link
minus-squareMagjee [any]hexbear9·2 years agoKaliningrad is closer to Central Europe But either way I don't think range was an issue If it's a Doomsday scenario we're kinda all fucked link
minus-squareTankiedesantski [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoIt's not range, it's travel distance and cost. The closer you are the cheaper missile you can use, and that means you can mass more of them. Also, a launch from Kaliningrad gets to its target faster than a launch from the Urals, giving the target less time to react. link
This might be to put more Russian short/intermediate range ballistic nukes within range of the EU :blob-no-thoughts:
Doesn't sound great.
Imo it could be an analogue of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Especially as negotiations start. Have an excuse to pull them out of Belarus in exchange for NATO backing off of Ukraine.
Of course we may just burn everything.
I hope you're right.
The 'we burn everything' or.....?
:posadas:
Kaliningrad is closer to Central Europe
But either way I don't think range was an issue
If it's a Doomsday scenario we're kinda all fucked
It's not range, it's travel distance and cost. The closer you are the cheaper missile you can use, and that means you can mass more of them.
Also, a launch from Kaliningrad gets to its target faster than a launch from the Urals, giving the target less time to react.