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Putin Broadens Rules On Russia's Use Of Nuclear Arms (www.barrons.com)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

This opens up the possibility that, when the next ATACMS are used against Russia, a nuclear response occurs. This was not legally possible before this change.

Yeah that's the point. The most vicious of the Pro-Ukraine contingent have been clamoring for symmetry in the war: which means Ukraine's ability to rain fire on Moscow the way Russia can do on Kyiv. Now these people are practically idiots because it's not logistically possible with ATACMS, but in practice that is an escalation to the conditions of the war and Russia is defining how it would retaliate to that possibility.

That's the reality of war with regional powers, symmetry is in practice escalation. It's basic realpolitik.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 hours ago

Now these people are practically idiots because it's not logistically possible with ATACMS

Correct, ATACMS do not have the range to hit Moscow.