Russian officials routinely make saber-rattling remarks about Moscow’s nuclear posture. Sergei Shoigu, a former defense minister who now heads Russia’s powerful national security council, made his comments on April 24 in an interview with the TASS state news agency.

  • @seven_phone@lemmy.world
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    5019 days ago

    Any state level talk of nuclear threat is always done from a position of weakness and in open admission of the poverty of your conventional force. It also shows a lack of understanding and inhumanity.

  • @ramble81@lemm.ee
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    2718 days ago

    Uh-huh. Anyone keeping track of how many times they’ve threatened with nukes? I think this is at least 3-4 that I remember.

    • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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      718 days ago

      I hope they don’t.

      But if they do, it has to absolutely guarantee the 100% complete and utter extinction of the Russian race.

      Because we have to set a precedent.

      • @Zron@lemmy.world
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        -418 days ago

        Ah yes, genocide is always the answer.

        After all, we killed all the Germans Right?

        • @InvertedParallax@lemm.ee
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          318 days ago

          A: they committed genocide when they used a nuke

          2: we killed enough nazis that the rest of the Germans learned.

          If Russians couldn’t learn from the example of the Germans, then theyre beyond learning and a danger to the world.

    • SkaveRat
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      418 days ago

      As much as the rhetoric of Russia is weak and bordering tragic comedy, they should really really not “bring it on”