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Putin moves nuclear bombers to airbase near Finland and Norway borders as tensions rise over possible use of nukes
2022-10-15
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Putin has gradually increased number of strategic bombers at Olenya air base, in the extreme north of Russia

  • There were none on August 12, up to four Tu-160s on August 21, to 11 now - satellite images of the base show

  • The increasing number of bombers comes amid concerns Putin could use nuclear weapons in his war

  • Meanwhile, footage showed the moment an ammunition store inside Russia was hit by a Ukrainian strike

  • Ukraine war: Russia urges civilians to 'leave with their children' and evacuate Kherson for their own safety
Posted by:Skidmark

#30  ^ what the fuck does this mean, Kenneth?

Have another draught of whiskey — good stuff, single malt this time — and try again
Posted by: Palermo   2022-10-15 19:27  

#29  "America's kids to be boomered,"
Say experts. "Let Putin be humoured!"
For peace, NATO trades
Vlad a victory parade
Through Kiev to asylum... 'tis rumoured.
Posted by: Glusotle Bumble2919   2022-10-15 19:24  

#28  ^ We just might. Biden and Nuland & Co. are that batshit crazy
Posted by: America First    2022-10-15 18:56  

#27  We wouldn’t have a full blown nuclear alert on Election Day would we???
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2022-10-15 18:48  

#26  It all starts to change Nov. 8.

Not the end of the madness but the beginning of the end of the insanity.
Posted by: America First   2022-10-15 17:50  

#25  "Skin it, and see what happens."

Not much while the current crowd is in charge...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-15 16:11  

#24  We should be standing back and laughing at this deranged Russian fok and daring him to make a wrong move on the high seas or anywhere in our legitimate domain.

"Go ahead, skin that smoke wagon" you Russian SOB.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-15 15:59  

#23  I join B as a Borkfeared nazi for saying it's none of America's business.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-15 15:51  

#22  Should never have gotten involved, other than to attempt to broker a peace. Good time to hand it off to the Euro's and call it a day.

How many Euro wars must we continue to suffer? Putin has created a shi* sandwich for himself. Let the SOB twist in the wind.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-10-15 15:50  

#21  @#13 - Not so sure Khrushchev thought it wasn't worth it, but once the nukes were yanked out of Turkey (ostensibly), that changed things.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-10-15 15:42  

#20  It's not our problem. We should not be there at all.

It's a waste of time to try to explain it to anyone who does not get it.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-15 15:34  

#19  I was on the Hardy Toll Road and saw a train with hundreds of M-1 tanks headed for the ship channel
I’d say we’re emptying Fort Hood and mobilizing for a serious confrontation
I don’t think we’d give those things to the Ukrainians would we???
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2022-10-15 15:33  

#18  Put the shoe on the other foot. If Mexico was launching missiles into America, would you be good with that?

More like if Trudeau and Xi agreed that Chinese troops along with their nuclear missiles should be deployed in Canada.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-15 15:09  

#17  Jeffrey Pelt, National Security Advisor, The Hunt for Red October -

It would be well for your government to consider that having your ships and ours, your aircraft and ours, in such proximity... is inherently DANGEROUS. Wars have begun that way, Mr. Ambassador.

Same movie, Admiral Josh Painter:

This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it.
Posted by: Bobby   2022-10-15 15:04  

#16  It's not our problem. We should not be there at all. If Americans of Ukrainian descent tried to raise and send money there, they should be imprisoned.

Put the shoe on the other foot. If Mexico was launching missiles into America, would you be good with that?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-15 15:03  

#15  Seriously, you think Donbas and Crimea are worth it?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-15 14:58  

#14  We did in 1945

That was when one side did not possess the ability to respond in kind.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-15 14:56  

#13  I will ask again. How did all you people feel when Khrushchev tried to deploy his missiles in Cuba? Can you not understand that NATO missiles in Ukraine make Putin feel that same type of insecurity? Khrushchev finally understood that having his missiles in Cuba wasn't worth it. Scary that Biden doesn't seem to understand that about Ukraine.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-15 14:55  

#12  You can't hug a child with nuclear arms. Since all the gen XYZers don't have kids, that explains why they are blasé about nuclear war.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-10-15 14:16  

#11  Nobody wins in a nuclear war

We did in 1945
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-15 13:45  

#10  We haven't just given children the keys to the medicine cabinet, our safety deposit boxes and our checkbooks, now we see they are playing with the gun cabinet.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-10-15 13:45  

#9  The only one threatening a nuke exchange is the coward commie thug Putin. He's also the one illegitimately carving territory from Ukraine. Commie thugs never change. Now that he's losing, he's trying to extort "peace"
Posted by: Frank G   2022-10-15 13:02  

#8  You obviously don’t understand deterrence. Or balance of power. Or IR and power relations generally

Nobody wins in a nuclear war, son.

Nooooo-body.
Posted by: Palermo   2022-10-15 12:31  

#7  You obviously don't understand Danegeld. The Dane says pay and I go away, but never does and returns for more. It's a threat that keeps on happening as long as you give in. It doesn't end.

Nuke war. There will be no Russia afterwards. Not rational. At least the people running the place during the long Cold War understood that.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-15 12:21  

#6  Avoiding nuclear war is paying danegeld?!

WTF?

You feeling OK, son?
Posted by: Palermo   2022-10-15 11:43  

#5  What is most frightening is that no one with their finger on the button truly understands nuclear weapons
The effects of even a small nuke are horrific
That bright flash you see in the movies that startle everyone?
It’s a thermal wave over 2000 degrees anyone that is exposed to the flash is dead incinerated
The blast wave creates static over pressures that no building is designed to withstand
Millions will die from starvation
Yep you guys keep posturing and we’ll all be dead
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom    2022-10-15 11:38  

#4  ...^

Like 'Danegeld', once you give in to nuclear blackmail, it never ends.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-15 07:49  

#3  All warning us if Trump is elected, he'll start a Nuclear War.
Where are they now?


They’re trying to prosecute Trump. Subpoenaed him to come before their joke of a kangaroo hearing — while they skew their ridiculous bullshit and drag us toward nuclear war.

YJCMTSU
Posted by: Palermo   2022-10-15 07:19  

#2  NATO will begin military drills practising the use of Europe's nuclear bombs on Monday after Putin warned direct clashes with Russia would spark 'global catastrophe'
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-15 07:06  

#1  
Who will blink 1st?

BTW: Flash Back 2016, LSD's, MSM and the usual Has Been Actors seeking attention....

All warning us if Trump is elected, he'll start a Nuclear War.

Where are they now?

Posted by: NN2N1   2022-10-15 05:47  

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