Putin Really Wants to Cross 'This' Line. Russian Nuclear Deterrence Changed - ‪The Russian Dude‬

[TexasTowelie]

Recently, Putin changed the Russian Nuclear Deterrence Doctrine. It looks like that Putin really wants to cross 'this' line and see what happens. Or is it just another blackmail and an empty threat? Because so far, what Putin was able to achieve is the diminishing impact of nuclear threats. But as always, the question remains the same: Will Putin use nukes this time?

0:00 What's up!
1:19 Dual nature of Russian politics
5:20 Diminishing impact of nuclear threats
7:45 Realities of Russian nuclear doctrine
10:36 Will Putin use nukes this time?

[EYESORE 9001]

1. FAFO, beeg boi!

I got a riddle for poot: guess what’s blackened, burnt to a glassy sheen, and glows in the dark on the Russian plain. Give up? It’s Moscow, you feckless fool.

[Warpy]

2. Good analysis but he forgot one important thing

Putin will not be permitted by the kingmakes in the Politburo, er, top house of the Duma to order nukes used anywhere. It's not because Russia would be annihilated by the submarine based arsenal, he's so far gone he doesn't really care about that and it shows. What is stopping him is knowing how fast he'd go out a window if he tried because most of the children of those kingmakers are living in the very western cities he wants to destroy.

I think the only reason he's still drawing breath is that they know he's bonkers and that makes him scary.

[Shermann]

3. A nuclear defense is quite good at preventing a nuclear offense.

Putin knows this and is trying to smuggle in the defense of other things he wants to keep.