Russia is still a nuclear power with a combined force of brics, that's my concern.
Yes they are and that is why I pay attention. It for me has never been my intention belittle the threat. Rather on how to form a rational real world “we’re here” reaction or response.
The things that could have been done to keep us from this place are long past us and meaningless. Save for throwing rhetorical shit bombs. Which only serve one purpose. Emotional gratification/agitation.
I grew up doing duck and cover drills in grade school. Came of age in the heyday of “Reagan’s” going to cause the whole world to burn and radiation to poison all life on earth.
Here’s two facts, the area around Chernobyl is not a dead zone. Yes it dangerous in many ways but life has gone on for nature. And Hiroshima and Nagasaki or flourishing cities today.
I throw that in here to point out nuclear weapons are not extrication level weapons. Not to down play their destructive power at all. Far from it, rather to simply take the extreme emotion reaction response to them away.
Even if there was a major exchange, guess what? Life will go on, changed absolutely. Harder lot of pain and misery.
People react to nuclear weapons like they’re some kind of baba yaga. Yeah that’s a theft fro John Wick. Though I was familiar with with the character before Wick.
To fear something it to let it control you.
We learned how to drive vehicles down roads at idiotic speeds that would kill us with one unfortunate turn of events.
And we learned to do it with reasonable safety in large bumper to bumper pacts of steel wolves.
Of course Russia has enough nuclear warheads to kill millions of people. As do we, as does China, as does Pakistan, Britian, France, Israel, and now DPRK.
When a nation or individual brings up the fervor or nuclear Armageddon I’m reminded of people running through the city streets yelling the the Mongols have come down out of the mountains or the Visigoth’s are moving south.
Life happens, life changes.
Fear or emotion to these changes does not forestall or protect my nation or my home. Reason and preparing is what will protect them. And one cannot let fear demand capitulation to a threat. No matter if it comes from the enemy, a friend or influencer.
