Originally Posted by
Asturias56
""A little over 30 years ago, few thought the invasion of Kuwait very likely..."
well Iraq had threatened for long enough ' and of course they were right next door ' Russia is someway from the UK.......
And Iraq has claimed Kuwait as being territory belonging to it ever since the countries gained independence. As referenced earlier they had rattled swords in 1961, so there was a historical precedence.
Can't see any reason whatsoever why Russia would launch a cruise missile attack on a NATO nuclear weapon state that also has cruise missiles.