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83. This, exactly this

Too many people are viewing this from a western viewpoint and are wholly uninformed on Russian military doctrine.

"This would never escalate to a nuclear exchange. They aren't that crazy."

Bullshit. They don't view nuclear weapons in the same way that the west does. They don't view war the same way the west does. They don't have the same outlook on nearly everything like the west does.

The Russian military DOES NOT believe that a nuclear exchange is certain doom for Russia or even the world. They believe that one can "win' a nuclear war. They don't view tactical and strategic nuclear weapons as one in the same.

Their military doctrine explicitly believes in the theory of "escalation for de-escalation" in which they believe they can escalate to the use of tactical nuclear weapons in order to get concessions from the opposition.

They believe this because they feel the West would not have the spine to escalate to the use of strategic nuclear weapons. And the western view that makes people incapable of accepting that a country(Russia) would actually use them only confirms their belief.