Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
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Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
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#3Time to ask HN: how do you want to spend the last days of your life?
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#4Putin is full of hot air.
I believe with how this is going, one of his advisors or generals will kill him before allowing him to actually fire nukes and initiate MAD.
These people might be ok letting him play war in the Ukraine but inviting annihilation from the rest of the world? I'm not so sure.
But then again, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of rational behavior coming out of Putin's Russia.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#5These weapons need to be ready to retaliate with few minutes of advance in case of a first strike and Russia is engaging in an active war directly on it's border. Additionally, they are fully aware they are provoking nuclear powers right now and Bombers have been patrolling in neighboring countries since the war started. If they haven't been in alert until now, I don't know what Russia is doing.
Obviously I'm not an expert, but this looks like a symbolic gesture at best.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#6Time to ask HN: how do you want to spend the last days of your life?
At home, with my wife and kid.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#7Putin is full of hot air. I believe with how this is going, one of his advisors or generals will kill him before allowing him to actually fire nukes and initiate MAD. These people might be ok letting him play war in the Ukraine but inviting annihilation from the rest of the world? I'm not so sure. But then again, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of rational behavior coming out of Putin's Russia.
This is more serious than you think. Putin thought that, by now, he'll be already controlling the capital and setting a new puppet government. He is clearly losing the war (he was looking for quick toppling of the government).
Putin is in a very bad situation right now. And having his nuclear "deterrents" in high-readiness doesn't help.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#8Putin is full of hot air. I believe with how this is going, one of his advisors or generals will kill him before allowing him to actually fire nukes and initiate MAD. These people might be ok letting him play war in the Ukraine but inviting annihilation from the rest of the world? I'm not so sure. But then again, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of rational behavior coming out of Putin's Russia.
In the past we took such warnings seriously. I think that was wise.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#9Russia is committing suicide. And I hope it's not a physical suicide.
In any case, there's no coming back from this. My earlier prognosis of being trapped in a slavic North Korea technologically enslaved to China is starting to sound like an optimistic outcome.
Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert
#10Putin is full of hot air. I believe with how this is going, one of his advisors or generals will kill him before allowing him to actually fire nukes and initiate MAD. These people might be ok letting him play war in the Ukraine but inviting annihilation from the rest of the world? I'm not so sure. But then again, it doesn't seem like there's a lot of rational behavior coming out of Putin's Russia.
This is more serious than you think. Putin thought that, by now, he'll be already controlling the capital and setting a new puppet government. He is clearly losing the war (he was looking for quick toppling of the government). Putin is in a very bad situation right now. And having his nuclear "deterrents" in high-readiness doesn't help.
Minutes ago the BBC confirmed both Ukraine and Russia will have negotiations, without pre-conditions in the Belarus border. This means:
- Its either a trap from Russia signals intelligence to be able to track Zelenskyy location. Hopefully he will not be there himself and is being well advised on that aspect by local foreign military experts. I love his Twitter posts, but I am sure all Russian military satellites are collecting signals intelligence and they can pick up their phones.
or
- Russia is really in a difficult spot militarily, knows about the advanced weapons coming in. Sadly that means the situation becomes more dangerous. I wish all the best to Ukraine but the sad true is the better things go for them the more dangerous it becomes for the world.
I have been tracking also lot's of US Black Hawks helicopters close to the Ukrainian border. The potential for an accident is high.
Slava Ukraini!