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December 17 , 2024

On Putin and Nucs

Putin has made several pronouncements about the use of nuclear weapons. While he may not want to risk a loss of face on the conventional battlefield, he may prefer to use nucs than to suffer a humiliating defeat.

September 11 , 2024

One Step Closer to Nuclear War

In a July 2022 report in the weekend edition of the Wall Street Journal it was suggested that the Russians may be willing to “contemplate nuclear first use” with short range (300 mile) small yield, nuclear weapons, even if their country was not under catastrophic attack. Recent developments with Ukrainian forces inside Russia may lower the nuclear threshold.