RE: Breaking News19 Nov 2024 17:09
Evening Longtrek & Tom,
Hope all is well!
I don’t believe Russia will use nukes as a retaliation for the use of ATACMS, with a range of 200km give or take. One of Putins cronies said the other day that the likely response would be to send out their version of the same class of missile to anyone who wants to attack a NATO country or its vessels or infrastructure.
Problem is, if the Russians get rid of Putin (and if it’s anyone it’ll be the Russians) who takes his place?
Putin, strangely, is thought of as a moderate in Russia.
Lots of people in Russia are calling for preemptive nuclear strikes, but Putin has resisted, so far, for obvious reasons…M.A.D!
So to think that Putin would be replaced with a West loving, or even leaning, successor, I think would be naive.