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I am sure our European allies were thrilled with the idea of a tactical nuclear war since it would take place mainly on their soil. The countries with the most tac nukes woudl be spared most of the effects.

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It is true that even with a nuclear umbrella you might get a little wet. But they didn't object strongly and even allowed for the basing of the weapons there --- including equipping their own plans to drop them.

They knew what the alternative was and accepted it.

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"As only a fool believes in limited nuclear war or the тАЬonly works in the faculty loungeтАЭ concept of тАЬtactical nukesтАЭ - any NATO use of nukes in Europe has a greater than 75% chance of escalating in to the entire northern hemisphere nuking itself in to making the next Cold War between Brazil and Nigeria."

CDR Salamander

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Sadly Putin has shown himself to be a fool so who knows what he believes. Escalate to de-escalate is a published Russian doctrine.

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