And I think they’re much more likely to want to launch a nuke. Russia is fighting on Russian soil and experiencing some pretty intense economic issues due to the war, whereas the US hasn’t fought on US soil since… the Civil War? And that’s with fighting in both world wars and a number of other undeclared wars.
Russia could argue they’re using them defensively, which might save them from retaliation (probably not), whereas the US has no excuse. I’m much more worried about the cornered animal than apex predator, because you can predict what the predator is going to do.
And I think they’re much more likely to want to launch a nuke. Russia is fighting on Russian soil and experiencing some pretty intense economic issues due to the war, whereas the US hasn’t fought on US soil since… the Civil War? And that’s with fighting in both world wars and a number of other undeclared wars.
Russia could argue they’re using them defensively, which might save them from retaliation (probably not), whereas the US has no excuse. I’m much more worried about the cornered animal than apex predator, because you can predict what the predator is going to do.