Omnibus Russia Ukraine crisis

petros

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You're such a little war hawk .. cheers to ya.. as long as you don't have any skin in the game right.

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I have skin in the game.

Answer the question, do you know what a tactical nuke is?


20kt (a big tactical nuke)..

Effect distances for a 20 kiloton airburst*:

Fireball radius: 222 m (0.16 km²)
Maximum size of the nuclear fireball; relevance to damage on the ground depends on the height of detonation. If it touches the ground, the amount of radioactive fallout is significantly increased. Anything inside the fireball is effectively vaporized. Minimum burst height for negligible fallout: 182 m.

Radiation radius (500 rem): 1.12 km (3.96 km²)
500 rem ionizing radiation dose; likely fatal, in about 1 month; 15% of survivors will eventually die of cancer as a result of exposure.

Moderate blast damage radius (5 psi): 1.91 km (11.4 km²)

At 5 psi overpressure, most residential buildings collapse, injuries are universal, fatalities are widespread. The chances of a fire starting in commercial and residential damage are high, and buildings so damaged are at high risk of spreading fire. Often used as a benchmark for moderate damage in cities. Optimal height of burst to maximize this effect is 848 m.

Thermal radiation radius (3rd degree burns): 2.11 km (13.9 km²)

Third degree burns extend throughout the layers of skin, and are often painless because they destroy the pain nerves. They can cause severe scarring or disablement, and can require amputation. 100% probability for 3rd degree burns at this yield is 8.88 cal/cm².

Light blast damage radius (1 psi): 5.37 km (90.5 km²)

At a around 1 psi overpressure, glass windows can be expected to break. This can cause many injuries in a surrounding population who comes to a window after seeing the flash of a nuclear explosion (which travels faster than the pressure wave). Often used as a benchmark for light damage in cities. Optimal height of burst to maximize this effect is 1,270 m.
*Detonation altitude: 848 m. (Chosen to maximize the 5 psi range.)


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Jinentonix

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As far as the houthi rebels, I'm laughing at Petros and you beating your chest at how powerful the USA and NATO is.. yet they can't control a bunch of desert rats in sandals living in mud huts.
The Mid-East isn't NATO's responsibility. And the US could control the sand fleas if they had some nuts about it. All they gotta do is sanction the fuck outta China like they did with Russia. China is the one funding the Houthis via Iran and everyone and their dog knows it. China is literally attacking international commerce by proxy. I have no idea why anyone is tolerating that shit from China.
Although it was pretty funny when the Houthis attacked a China-flagged ship and it was the American and French navies that went to assist them while China's own naval vessels in the area either refused or were incapable of doing shit about it.

Even more amusing, while Russia is getting Nork shells that explode inside of Russian guns, South Korea has pledged military support to Ukraine so you know it's at least going to be good equipment and/or munitions. Bedpan really needs a better class of friends. I mean fuck, he's buying cheap copies of cheap copies of Russian equipment and munitions from North Korea.

And finally, in news that shocked absolutely no-one except the CCP, Vietnam has firmly moved into the US camp.
 

Jinentonix

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Putin I would guess?

More bluster. There's one other important factor here besides the Russian oligarchs. Bedpan is Xinnie the Pooh's little bitch right now. Moscow has switched its currency to the RMB and it's pretty clear when the two meet who wears the pants in that relationship. Xi wants Taiwan, not a nuclear war. A nuclear war does NOT align with Xi's aims. Plus, with all the disasters hitting China, natural and economic, right now China needs the world WAY more than the world needs China.

The other problem is when you have smooth-brained dictators who spend utterly ridiculous sums of money on idiotic pipe dreams. Like the Saudi Clown Prince and his stupid "line city" called 'Neom'. Or Xi and his largely unused and now falling apart Xiong'an New Area. Or Bedpan and his dream of reconstituting the Soviet Union's old empire. Between those three idiots alone they have wasted trillions of dollars that could have gone to making their own people's lives better instead of making their people's lives and the lives of others miserable. Shit like that can cause revolts.