Originally Posted by
WB627
The only thing I can see that Putin will gain from the use of a tactical nuke, is a very large hole in the earth where Moscow or St. Petersburg used to be. I suspect that Biden has made that clear to him.
Russian open source strategic doctrine describes using low yield tactical nuclear weapons in a “escalate to de-escalate” strategy. So they nuke some small city in central Ukraine and say to Zelenski declare Donbas and Crimea belongs to Russia or we nuke more cities.
I think that there is no way Ukraine would capitulate but what if Putin decides to go for broke and keeps on upping the escalatory ladder ?
The big question is what does the West do now. Are we really ready to risk WWW3, or will Ukraine be pressured to give in ?