>>509955581I need to remind you that we spend $100 billion a year for the upkeep of our nukes. Russia spends $140 billion a year for it's entire military. Russia has more nukes than we do. Putin can't threaten shit because nearly all of his nuclear arsenal wouldn't detonate, assuming it can launch to begin with.
Nukes are real. We could absolutely fuck up Russia in one fell swoop. The reason the gamesmanship hasn't reached that point is that even one of those nukes reaching a civilian target, even in Nowhereimportantsville, Europe, would be devastating for the entire West.