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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Are you claiming there was already a recent change to Russia's nuclear doctrine, I'd be very interested to see a source.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, it's the opposite - they're saying that this isn't a change in Russia's behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I know what they're saying, but you seem to have misunderstood what I said. To my knowledge this is the first change in Russia's nuclear doctrine, so there's no "again" here. This is a significant change in nuclear use policy, and it would be sheer idiocy to dismiss it lightly.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It is the next step in a continued escalation of the nuclear threat.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Putin has been yapping about nuking the west if they cross whatever red line he made up that week for years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I dare you to quote Putin as a proof. There’s simply no direct well defined threat from Putin on this topic.

There’s one from Medvedev, but he doesn’t represent Russian government and is not an official spokesperson for Russian government.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago

[citation needed]

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Russia's actual nuclear policy has been "fire nukes if Putin says so" for decades. This paperwork doesn't represent a real change.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

No it hasn't and it's incredible that a grown ass person genuinely believes this.