Russian troops load a missile onto an Iskander-M launcher during a 2016 exercise. Russia is now deploying missiles to Kaliningrad, its Baltic exclave. Yuri Smityuk/TASS
Stavros Atlamazoglou, 19FortyFove: Would Russia Dare Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?
Would Russia launch a tactical nuclear weapon in Ukraine?
Many military analysts and policymakers have thought about this contingency with the Russian invasion going very badly. Russia, after all, has the most nuclear warheads in the world.
Normally, a military would use a tactical nuclear strike to break a battlefield stalemate—existing or potential—and tip the scale in its favor. A tactical nuclear weapon can destroy even the best prepared defensive line at a moment’s notice.
Although tactical nuclear weapons have less power than the atomic bombs the U.S. dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, they still pack an explosive power of approximately 5,000 tons of TNT.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- April 4, 2022
West, Russia Mull Nuclear Steps in a 'More Dangerous' World -- Ellen Knickmeyer, AP
Sickening scenes from a Kyiv suburb remind the world of history's cruelest moments -- Stephen Collinson, CNN
‘Tectonic shifts’: How Putin’s war will change the world -- John McLaughlin, Grid
Essential Geopolitics: The Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine on Southeast Asia -- Startfor
What Lessons is China Taking from the Ukraine War? -- Thomas Corbett, Ma Xiu and Peter W. Singer, Defense One
What could European militaries contribute to the defense of Taiwan? -- The Diplomat
The War in Ukraine Is Remaking the NATO Alliance -- Andrew A. Michta, 19FortyFive
EXPLAINER: Why is Europe balking at a ban on Russian energy? -- AP
Biden Admin's Sanctions Are Backfiring -- Peter Van Buren, The American Conservative
Iran talks limbo -- Laura Rozen, Diplomatic
Imran Khan: What we know so far as PM's fate hangs in balance -- BBC
Can Nepal PM's India visit end border disputes? -- Lekhanath Pandey, DW
North Korea Looks to Capitalize on Washington’s Attention Deficit -- Anthony Ruggiero and Behnam Ben Taleblu, The Dispatch
Victory of Putin ally Orbán in Hungary may trigger freeze on EU funding -- Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian
Why Biden’s release of US oil reserves won’t end pain at the pump -- William Roberts, Al Jazeera
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