MorelaakIsBack [comrade/them] to news • 3 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 • 3 years agomessage-square55 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagjee [any]hexbear9·3 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]hexbear5·3 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
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.