>>508703331Well this whole discussion started because of hypothetical of Russia 140mil vs Norway 5mil.
If Russia DID attack Norway, EU would go to war. It won't be a nuclear war. It will be conventional war for the territory and control of trade routes and waters.
Realistically Russia would only use nukes if west directly threatened lives of Russian government as last fuck you, we die, you die with us. It's a deterrent to not fuck with the regime.
If anything Russia is the biggest paper tiger there is. It's just the nukes that protect them.