I think you are saying they can afford Mutually Assured Destruction? I hope they're not that crazy.
I suppose it's monetarily/mechanically true, but it's almost like saying you can afford a new car when your life insurance pays out.
I suppose it's monetarily/mechanically true, but it's almost like saying you can afford a new car when your life insurance pays out.
Russia has been working on strategies for limited use of nuclear weapons; they don't believe in MAD. It's called Escalate to De-escalate:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2017-02/escalate-...
https://www.defensenews.com/smr/munich-security-forum/2018/0...
https://thebulletin.org/why-russia-calls-limited-nuclear-str...
It's as crazy as it sounds; a miscalculation could destroy humanity. Consider that their ability to significantly influence foreign publics through social media could be valuable for the de-escalation portion. No doubt we'll see people claiming (false) equivalency between Russia's and the U.S.'s actions - 'they bombed Japan, we bombed Ukraine'.
With the cults-of-personality in place throughout Russia, China, North Korea, and the US, I'm nowhere near believing that such a person is in the right place, but I suppose that's the difference between hope and fact.
I think I have an idea of who will be invading, escalating, and hoping there won't be consequences.