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Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities
This is equivalent to USA threatening to strike North Korean, Iranian or Chinese facilities (all of whom have been arming Russia). No such threats have been made.
Just so we're clear who's escalating things.
it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons
Oh no, not drills. If we're not careful they're going to pretend to use nukes, that's very scary.
It seems the Brits are doing something right, keep it going. Would love to see our chancellor doing the same instead of repeating the russian propaganda...
Probably just rishi trying to secure some right wing votes for the election later in the year.
yes that could be true...but in the end I welcome all support for Ukraine.
We’re gonna need a community called “RussiaThreatens” like “ChinaWarns” where it just collects these stories. Yeah, we know.
Authoritarian Copium
"China's final warning"
I'd take it more seriously if the West actually became involved, but regardless of Frenchmen "shooting their mouth off" nobody's sending troops to fight a nuclear power.
Maybe double check to see if they actually still are one. All these decades of sabre rattling and corruption in the defense industry, wouldn't it just take the cake if hardly any of their nuclear capabilities still worked?
You're already getting your ass kicked by Ukraine, you're not scaring anyone with threats anymore.
Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities
I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if the Kremlin isn't happy with the current state of the war with Ukraine, that probably wouldn't produce a situation more to their liking.
"You better watch out!!! We're getting our military crushed, and if you join in we'll get our military even more crushed by you!"
These days Russia mainly strikes with misinformation campaigns and hacking attacks. Sometimes they even sabotage underseas infrastructure.
Lol
Why do the biggest assholes always have to rattle their sabers the most? Are they compensating for something?
Because it worked to get them where they are... So they keep doing it. Ostensibly Germany's not sending Taurus precisely because of this.
I have complained to the chancellor about that and will continue to do so. But they do provide Taurus to allies who in turn send their stock of older but similarly capable systems to Ukraine such as storm shadow.
Still, it's silly and our weapons are only for defense against Russia anyway. We will only need Taurus ourselves if Ukraine loses. Might as well put them to use.
They hope to scare enough people to get a change. don't let it work.