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Belarus ready to deploy both tactical and strategic Russian nuclear weapons
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:15 am
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:15 am
Per Lukashenko.
He has also ordered the military to restore nuclear capable Topol missile launch pads.
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He has also ordered the military to restore nuclear capable Topol missile launch pads.
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Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:16 am to RollTide1987
All this was worth it for your hero Zelensky?
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:16 am to RollTide1987
Can someone explain the difference between a tactical and strategic nuke for me? That seems like a distinction without a difference.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:17 am to Dixie Normus
I think a tactical one is like a Davy Crockett, which is a micro-nuke.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:19 am to TomShelby
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All this was worth it for your hero Zelensky?
He's not my hero.
I have said multiple times on this message board that I couldn't care less if Ukraine remains or falls. As a military man, I'm just happy to see the Russian military struggling and losing men and material.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:20 am to RollTide1987
Tactical can vary in size and placement. Take out small areas that you want to focus on.
Strategic = just burn it all down
Strategic = just burn it all down
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:20 am to TomShelby
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your hero Zelensky?
If the antichrist is real, its this dude.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:20 am to RollTide1987
You can't blame him.
I mean, look what Obama and the deep state did to Ukraine and the shite show that's led us to ten years later.
I mean, look what Obama and the deep state did to Ukraine and the shite show that's led us to ten years later.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:21 am to RollTide1987
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I have said multiple times on this message board that I couldn't care less if Ukraine remains or falls. As a military man, I'm just happy to see the Russian military struggling and losing men and material.
I’m not happy to see any death or destruction if it can be avoided.
This post was edited on 3/31/23 at 8:22 am
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:21 am to RollTide1987
Maybe they’ll extort 100 billion from us to not do it
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:24 am to Dixie Normus
Tactical nukes can still be quite powerful, exceeding the yield of the bombs used in Japan.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:27 am to International_Aggie
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I’m not happy to see any death or destruction if it can be avoided.
Sure.
However, it is quite obvious that we are way past the "avoidance" phase of conflict when it comes to Ukraine and Russia. Now that we are in the "conflict" phase, I hope Ukraine continues to kill and destroy as much material and personnel as possible until hostilities cease.
Their survival as a nation, however, is of no consequence to me. If they win, they win; if they lose, they lose.
This post was edited on 3/31/23 at 8:28 am
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:45 am to Dixie Normus
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Can someone explain the difference between a tactical and strategic nuke for me?
A tactical nuke can take out a battlefield. A strategic nuke can flatten large cities entirely.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 8:58 am to Tantal
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A tactical nuke can take out a battlefield. A strategic nuke can flatten large cities entirely.
Isn't there also a difference in range?
Tactical is shorter range, strategic is longer range?
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:04 am to Tantal
For reference, the United States' tactical nukes have an explosive range of 0.3 to 170 kilotons. For further reference, the nukes dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were 15 and 21 kilotons respectively. Our strategic nuclear weapons are typically thermonuclear and have a maximum yield of 1.2 megatons.
According to Nukemap, if you were to drop our largest strategic nuclear bomb on the heart of Moscow, the explosion would kill an estimated 1.3 million people. Whereas a tactical nuke the size of the Hiroshima bomb would kill an estimated 80,000 people if dropped on the same area.
According to Nukemap, if you were to drop our largest strategic nuclear bomb on the heart of Moscow, the explosion would kill an estimated 1.3 million people. Whereas a tactical nuke the size of the Hiroshima bomb would kill an estimated 80,000 people if dropped on the same area.
This post was edited on 3/31/23 at 9:07 am
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:14 am to Dixie Normus
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Can someone explain the difference between a tactical and strategic nuke for me? That seems like a distinction without a difference.
Tac nukes are usually classified as nukes with yields up 50 kilotons. For reference Fat Man and Little boy had yields of 20 and 15 kilotons respectively. They are deployed on relatively short-range weapons platforms and are normally doctrine dictated to be used on the battlefield. The US as a result of our nuclear doctrine isn't heavily invested in them, Russia has quite a few. Most of the Russian versions are of the dial-a-yield variety so the damage can be adjusted for the situation. Most if not all of their dial-a-yield nukes have to be adjusted prior to firing, the American varieties can usually be adjusted on the fly.
Strategic nukes are sometimes called city killers and we aren't talking about Bawcomville but cities like NYC and Moscow. They normally have yields of 100 kilotons up to well into the megaton range. While tac nukes are designed primarily to be used on the battlefield against military targets strategic nukes are designed to be used against the civilian population and are normally deployed on long range delivery systems via the various arms of the nuclear triad.
Lukashenko is Putin's yappy dog he is told to say the outlandish things Putin will not. His military is the definition of a joke. Just look at some of their spec ops training videos if you want to laugh and look at their performances in the International Army Games. Their best make the average JROTC company look like D boys.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:20 am to RollTide1987
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As a military man, I'm just happy to see the Russian military struggling and losing men and material.
So, if this evolves into tactical nuclear strikes, you’re just happy the Russian army was proven to be ineffective?
SEE! I TOLD YOU SO!
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:29 am to Blutarsky
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So, if this evolves into tactical nuclear strikes, you’re just happy the Russian army was proven to be ineffective?
IF. That's the big word.
Have no fear, however, because it won't. This is just posturing by Belarus on behalf of Russia - a scare tactic in an attempt to dissuade continued NATO efforts to reinforce Ukraine with weapons and money. If one tactical nuke is detonated over Ukrainian soil, Russia is done for economically. China, India, Iran, and any other nation currently doing business with them will immediately stop.
That's not even to mention what will happen to Russia militarily in the event of a nuclear strike. NATO will be in Moscow so quick it will make Putin's head spin.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:47 am to RollTide1987
quote:Who gives a shite. Everything is worse because of our involvement and the negatives far outweigh the positives.
As a military man, I'm just happy to see the Russian military struggling and losing men and material.
Posted on 3/31/23 at 9:47 am to RogerTheShrubber
quote:you're an idiot
If the antichrist is real, its this dude.
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