Originally Posted by
Lonewolf_50
Those of you advocating for tactical nukes, or nukes at all, need to have your heads examined.
Their utility as a deterrent became null and void in about 2014.
Not so, Ukraine not having a nuclear capability in effect brought it down to a ground based war, Russia never used the deterrent in Ukraine, possibly because of the chances of collateral damage and fallout outside the country, which could have triggered a response from the west.
Yes they have used it to bluster other countries thinking about arming Ukraine, but that was just so much hot air.
However going to war against a fellow nuclear armed country may well trigger the threat of retaliation if the war is going badly. Hence they are still a viable deterrent.
No one I have seen on here has advocated their use.
Do you seriously think if Ukraine still had nuclear weapons that Russia would have dared set foot over the borders into the Crimea and the Donbass?