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Soviets had plans to invade Europe with nukes.

Soviets would first launch nukes then Soviet troops would have to push on with the aftermath.

Not just cities being radiation wastelands but also how they did not give a shit about their troops who will be exposed to radiation.

Plan got shelved because it was not practical.

The main issue is keeping stuff on hair trigger (to do short - intermediate range first strike or tactical strikes)....makes those warheads very detectable and vulnerable to a first strike themselves.

That costs lot of money to mitigate against (and retain CnC reliability + safety over them)...even the Soviets (at their prime) didn't have the resources for it.

Part of the reason Reagan admin was able to tip the Soviets over fiscally by ramping up their own "hair trigger" european-based tactical and IRBM presence.....it was in effect the quickest way to deploy American economic superiority into a very realised potent force concentration that the Soviets didnt have the resources to respond to ( that were draining in AFG already and with the "Star Wars" program on the horizon to nullify strategic NW....on top of the internal economic stagnation and recessions).
 

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Awaiting confirmation:

Russian command post was destroyed at Kherson Airport in Chornobaivka - adviser to Zelenskyy Ua's Office Oleksiy Arestovych
He says the commander of Russia's 8th army and several more generals could have been eliminated.

According to the Ukrainian sources, in Cherobaevka airport Ukrainian Artillery have killed Lt. General Andrey Mordvichev, commander of the 8th army of southern military district of Russian Army.
 

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Berlin promised to donate 2700 Strela missiles to Kyiv but the German government delivered just 500 pieces, according to Ukraine. In addition, the Ukrainians received the shipment just last thursday - weeks after Russia started its invasion of Ukraine. Plus, there are currently no plans of delivering additional missiles to the Ukrainian forces.

https://www.welt.de/politik/ausland...-versprochenen-Strela-Raketen-an-Ukraine.html

Well. The story speaks for itself.
 

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