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Special Warheads and the Special Military Operation

... that Russia’s armed forces are incapable of handling their tasks by using conventional weapons only (either owing to their own weakness and backwardness, or to Ukraine’s outstanding capabilities) and on another premise of there being some secret Russian nuclear doctrine that provides for early use of the TNW with the purpose of achieving success / preventing failure in a regional conflict. Let’s note that neither premise has been in any way confirmed at the current stage. The problems of Russia’s military are easy to see, but it is unlikely that any ...

06.07.2022

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Not-so-Nuclear War

... clear, but how real is this image of “deterring” Russia? Is it even possible to have such a conflict as the one described in the American strategic papers? On Reading and Comprehension Skills Descriptions of a possible conflict along the lines of “Russia suddenly invaded the Baltic states, pre-emptively used its TNW to confuse NATO and force the alliance into a retreat” do not even merit earnest critical consideration. It is quite sad that such ideas are widespread among western political scientists and security experts [ 3 ]. However, even an expert with the ...

10.03.2020

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U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
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U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)