From The National Interest, January 16:
Threatening a nuclear war of annihilation is one of Moscow’s favorite sports.
In December 2023, in his annual speech before the Russian Defense Ministry Board, President Vladimir Putin stated that, “Given the changing nature of military threats and the emergence of new military and political risks, the role of the nuclear triad, which ensures the balance of power, the strategic balance of power in the world, has significantly increased.” According to the Putin regime’s mythology, recently echoed in state-run Sputnik News, it is only Russia’s strategic nuclear forces that “Saved Russia From Being Erased From [the] World Map.”
Threatening a nuclear war of annihilation is one of Moscow’s favorite sports. High level Russian nuclear threats are commonplace. This is particularly prevalent with regard to Russian aggression against Ukraine. The objective is nuclear coercion. Under supposed Russian “negative assurances,” Ukraine, which is not a nuclear-armed state, is supposed to be immune to Russian nuclear attack. Yet, Russian nuclear threats against Ukraine are very common dating back to 2014 when Russia seized Crimea. Russia started its 2022 invasion of Ukraine with a nuclear threat by President Putin which was repeated frequently. According to the Deputy Chief of the Russian Security Council (and former President) Dmitri Medvedev in September 2023, the illegally annexed areas of Ukraine (Donetsk and Luhansk) “…can be defended by “…any Russian weapons, including strategic nuclear weapons and weapons based on new principles…” In March 2023, Medvedev declared, “Thank God, we have parity and even superiority in strategic nuclear forces which, in effect, is even more vital for the existence of our country, because otherwise we would have been torn apart.” Medvedev even threatened “‘…the further existence of the entire human civilization’ if Russia ends up defeated in Ukraine by the West which he claimed is aimed at the disintegration of Russia.”
When he invaded Ukraine in February 2022, President Putin threatened NATO should it intervene against Russia, stating that Russia would respond “…immediately, and the consequences will be such as you have never seen in your entire history....
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Well that doesn't sound very nice.
As a side note, regarding the Russian guy back in January 2023 talking about an underwater detonation causing a "Radioactive Tidal Wave of Death": it won't work. Fifth grade physics and the incompressibility of water and all that. The energy required makes even the Tsar Bomba look like a drop in the ocean, so to speak.
Ditto for 'Lil Kim and his January 2024 "NUKE THREAT North Korea tests underwater nuclear drone ‘able to generate radioactive tsunami’ in chilling warning to the West."
If interested see "‘Doomsday’ Nuclear Submarine Armed With Nuclear-Powered, Nuclear-Tipped Torpedoes Delivered to Russian Navy".
