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0 pointstim3334y ago0 comments

>Russia the state will be more secure with Ukraine destroyed.

I don't get that. How does having a democratic neighbour like say Estonia, or a democratic Ukraine, make Russia insecure? No one's going to go invading them with them having the world's largest nuke stockpile and people were happy trading.

Now Putin personally, I can see how he might have issues.

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s1artibartfast4y ago

MAD is insufficient. There are a vast array of security threats that nukes dont protect you from. This is true for all nuclear powers.

Given that the US has nukes, why have any other military at all? You could ask the same China.

Conventional military and geopolitics are relevant for everything that you wont launch a nuke over. Without conventional power, any nuclear power can be bled to death with 1000 small cuts nukes cant stop.

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s1artibartfast4y ago

MAD is insufficient. There are a vast array of security threats that nukes dont protect you from. This is true for all nuclear powers.

Given that the US has nukes, why have any other military at all? You could ask the same China.

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