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Model35mech

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27. I do think fallout drfting to another nation will be treated the same as an attack

Reply to DFW (Reply #26)

Wed Apr 27, 2022, 04:09 PM

Apr 2022

I can also see charges of depraved indifference for protecting human life at his war crimes trial

It's a question of winds and locations attacked, Odessa and Lviv are certainly close enough to NATO member states; contamination could really happen.

If Putin goes in for one nuke, I'd expect him to see no real differences in the consequences between one and many. So I'd expect him to launch more.

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Taking the war to Russia: [View all] Tomconroy Apr 2022 OP

K&R ck4829 Apr 2022 #1

I hope "the war has crossed into Russia"...nt Wounded Bear Apr 2022 #2

I imagine fuel and ammo supply stores near the border Aussie105 Apr 2022 #3

Ukraine won't target civilians. They aren't russia. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #4

Since day one the war has been taken to Russia Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #5

The West needs to do much more if it is ever going to Tomconroy Apr 2022 #6

The west is doing a whole lot both seen and unseen Sherman A1 Apr 2022 #7

He needs to fire the law professor Tomconroy Apr 2022 #8

Like Rumsfeld with Iraq, Putin thought his invasion would be a done deal in a month DFW Apr 2022 #9

The use of nuclear weapons is part of Russian military doctrine. Tomconroy Apr 2022 #10

Nukes are 'first strike' weapons...they depend on the element of surprise Model35mech Apr 2022 #13

Would international punishment be severe if Putin fires off Tomconroy Apr 2022 #20

Yes I think so. But if that localized strike isn't on a nuclear power Model35mech Apr 2022 #23

I would amend that slightly DFW Apr 2022 #17

Putin takes out a city in Ukraine. Do you think the US will Tomconroy Apr 2022 #21

We won't launch anything in return DFW Apr 2022 #22

How do you define 'our way' when considering radioactive fallout and Article 5? Model35mech Apr 2022 #24

If it were a "dirty" bomb, Soviet scientists knew already how far and how bad the fallout would get DFW Apr 2022 #26

I do think fallout drfting to another nation will be treated the same as an attack Model35mech Apr 2022 #27

He used a lot of bombs to level Mairupol. Is it much Tomconroy Apr 2022 #25

Yes, it would be hugely different to use a nuclear bomb DFW Apr 2022 #28

Every war starts with the aggressor thinking it's gonna take about a week or two Walleye Apr 2022 #11

Indeed, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2022 #12

That is a great quote. About not learning from history Walleye Apr 2022 #16

There's This One As Well, Ma'am The Magistrate Apr 2022 #19

Ain't that the truth DFW Apr 2022 #14

The Southerners thought those northern city boys didn't know how to shoot guns. Much like now Walleye Apr 2022 #15

If they read the headlines from L.A. and Chicago these days DFW Apr 2022 #18