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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat would happen if we gave Ukraine long range missiles and they could strike inside RU?
If interior Russian supply depots and their power and other infrastructure got hit, I wonder what the RU people's reaction would be. Will be hard to hide Belgorod or some other major city with its power turned off.
2naSalit
(86,537 posts)But recently I've been thinking we should let them strike cities and infrastructure inside that miserable country. The supporters of pooptin should feel this pain themselves. Might end this quicker.
wnylib
(21,432 posts)what about obliterating Russian launchers and missiles at storage sites? Make it impossible for Russia to continue bombarding Ukraine.
Personally, my fantasy is a nuke dropped on Putin, wherever he's hiding out. Too bad that he is probably hiding in a nuke proof bunker. If we took out Putin, Russian oligarchs and military who are fed up with him might be so pleased to be rid of him that they wouldn't even retaliate. OK, it's a fantasy.
ON EDIT: I wonder if it would be possible to disable Russia's nuke launching system so that a real, retaliatory war could be waged against them. Unfortunately, there are still Russian nuclear subs.
yagotme
(2,919 posts)so they would have to be tracked real time (up to us, most likely, and called "interference" . Disabling their nuke launching capability would probably be in the same category as your Putin fantasy, as he probably keeps tight rein on the controls, and just bombing the sites wouldn't be enough.
sop
(10,156 posts)roamer65
(36,745 posts)MAD works.
Mutual Assured Destruction.
Calculating
(2,955 posts)Give Ukraine some nukes, mad is then in effect between Moscow and Kyiv. Seems like the threat of completely destroying each other is the only way to stop wars.
Trenzalore
(2,331 posts)Calculating
(2,955 posts)Deterrence works, Ukraine needs the ability to hit back or Russia has no incentive to stop hitting. For some reason the Russians believe they should be untouchable in this conflict.