President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is “real”, days after denouncing Russia’s deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin’s announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus “absolutely irresponsible”.

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    1 year ago

    And what the entire west is going to do about it? Express deep concerns? Deliver 10 more outdated tanks to Ukraine?

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      1 year ago

      Deliver 10 more outdated tanks to Ukraine?

      Russia is fielding T-55 tanks onto battlefields in Ukraine. If that sets the baseline, then nothing the west has sent can be considered “outdated”.

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        1 year ago

        Totally irrelevant because:

        • Russians use them mostly as tactical utility vehicles for moving personel around.
        • Tank battles almost never happens in modern warfare
        • Russians still have more T90s than Ukraine has Leopards and T90 is a more advanced and better protected machine