So many pages of talks about nuclear weapons. Pathetic.
Russia has thousands of them and yet they have been put in a situation/trap in which they lose tens of thousands of good men every year, get their cities and refineries and ports and ships bombed as if they're defenseless.
Yeah, having 10-20 nukes would have prevented a US/ISR attack on Iran. Great logic.
And yeah, Russia hasn't used them because Putin is a cuck. No other reason. Sure.
All of these points have been addressed before. If you wanted to understand them, you would've understood them by now. I'm going to reiterate them for you again, even though I know you won't understand them anyway. Just like
@Kyussis who got silent and disappeared after I told him what would happen if Iran targeted Dimona as an option for nuclear retaliation.
Q1. Why has Russia not used nuclear weapons in Ukraine?
Answer:
First of all, Russia is the aggressor in that war. The theory of nuclear deterrence is based on the concept of defending yourself against existential threats. Russia is under no existential threat in that war and is the aggressor. So, the theory does not apply here at all.
Secondly, Russia is trying to annex Ukrainian lands. When you want to add territory to yours, you do not go after nuking them because you want to add those resources and people to your own country. None of these things are similar to the situation between Iran and Israel or the United States.
Thirdly, and the least important reason but worth noting, is that Ukraine still has the second largest group of Soviet nuclear weapons engineers after Russia and Ukraine has one of the world's largest uranium reserves in the east of the country. So, both factors are present. If Ukraine decides to build nuclear weapons because its existence has been threatened, now that Russia has been proven to be incapable of invading Kyiv, they can most likely go for this option. And given Russia's lack of a capable intelligence apparatus, Ukraine may already be close to that point, awaiting the approval of its Western allies. Zelensky publicly requested the Western leaders for this 2 years ago.
Q2. Would having 10-20 nukes have prevented the war with Israel and the US?
Answer:
Yes, it would've prevented it because then Iran would've been able to inflict real damage on Israel and the neighboring Persian Gulf states instead of firing missiles at random empty targets, slightly damaging them only. Iran is literally firing missiles at unimportant targets instead of totally destroying major global energy infrastructure in the Middle East. Why? Because Iran is a non-nuclear state and cannot define the terms of the war and is always shy from going up the escalation ladder. The US and Israel have been dictating every term of the war so far and it will remain so as long as Iran is a non-nuclear state. Iran has refused to even go tit-for-tat in response to Israeli destructive attacks on our infrastructure for the same reason.
