A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) raised the question of whether Russia might be emboldened to fire a NSNW in the belief that the West lacks the resolve to deliver a nuclear response.
A report by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) raised the question of whether Russia might be emboldened to fire a NSNW in the belief that the West lacks the resolve to deliver a nuclear response.
If the calculation was solely of Russia and Ukraine, that might be considered a logically sound gamble, if still under long-odds. But it’s not. It’s a question of the normalization of the use of nuclear weapons, and sure as shit that won’t fly.