• seejur@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Reminder that when it was Napoleon “defending” (battles vs the coalitions), he absolutely handled Emperor Alexander (Russia) ass in the field. See Austerlitz

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      2 months ago

      Yeah people seem to think nuclear powers cannot lose wars. Afghanistan, Vietnam and several other countries would like to chime in.

      Look nuclear escalation is a theoretical option, bit in practice it’s a lot harder than people think. And now with the recent sarmat test, war on Russian soil, the broad attacks on Russian infrastructure, gigantic losses and Russia relying on north Korea for production of artillery shells… Russia looks weaker than ever.

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        Look nuclear escalation is a theoretical option, bit in practice it’s a lot harder than people think.

        For two reasons in this case.

        1. Russia knows that the wind can blow radioactive ash across their border.

        2. Putin has grandchildren and dictators want legacies.