Russia doesn’t even invade the East-Ukraine as far as Russian media is concerned. It’s done by plausible deniable locals supported by Russian citizens on vacation.
Military action can be done without announcing it and a tanks that move into NATO or EU territory will likely produce an immediate military response within less than an hour.
NATO doesn’t send tanks to clear cities in East Ukraine that are under the control of separatists, but
Since Germany doesn’t have atomic weapons, it can’t credibly threaten Russia absent Russia invading Germany.
Germany doesn’t but France does. The UK does as well.
US innerpolitics even forces the US president to increase North Korea sanctions after the recent cyberattack when he knows that the thing that actually good to do is to increase interaction between North Korea and the outside world.
Ignoring threads of nuclear attack is likely not very popular in the US.
Putin announces that if Germany does this he will drop an atomic bomb on Berlin.
That’s a very risky thing to do. It might trigger nuclear first strike protocols on the US side.
It might trigger nuclear first strike protocols on the US side.
I doubt it. The U.S. didn’t initiate a first strike against North Korea when it threatened us with nuclear weapons, and unlike with Russia, the U.S. almost certainly could eliminate all North Korean nuclear weapons without any significant U.S. losses.
North Korea didn’t threaten in a way that the US military considered to be highly probable to start a war. It’s more seen as posturing. It would need a plausible thread to achieve military objectives.
North Korea can complete destroy most of Seoul. It’s in artillery range.
Russia doesn’t even invade the East-Ukraine as far as Russian media is concerned. It’s done by plausible deniable locals supported by Russian citizens on vacation.
Military action can be done without announcing it and a tanks that move into NATO or EU territory will likely produce an immediate military response within less than an hour.
NATO doesn’t send tanks to clear cities in East Ukraine that are under the control of separatists, but
Germany doesn’t but France does. The UK does as well.
US innerpolitics even forces the US president to increase North Korea sanctions after the recent cyberattack when he knows that the thing that actually good to do is to increase interaction between North Korea and the outside world. Ignoring threads of nuclear attack is likely not very popular in the US.
That’s a very risky thing to do. It might trigger nuclear first strike protocols on the US side.
I doubt it. The U.S. didn’t initiate a first strike against North Korea when it threatened us with nuclear weapons, and unlike with Russia, the U.S. almost certainly could eliminate all North Korean nuclear weapons without any significant U.S. losses.
North Korea didn’t threaten in a way that the US military considered to be highly probable to start a war. It’s more seen as posturing. It would need a plausible thread to achieve military objectives.
North Korea can complete destroy most of Seoul. It’s in artillery range.