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sarisataka

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10. The prevailing winds are west to east

Sat Oct 22, 2022, 04:27 PM

Oct 2022

So will carry fallout to Russia. Also militaries train to operate in radioactive contaminated areas so that would not stop Ukrainian advance.

If Kherson is nuked, Moscow and Washington will follow in 24-72 hours.

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I think Putin is planning on nuking Kherson [View all] TrogL Oct 2022 OP

Wouldn't surprise me, for sure. They want to bluestarone Oct 2022 #1

Or he is going to blow the dam Bev54 Oct 2022 #2

Yes, this is a far more likely scenario. GoCubsGo Oct 2022 #8

That makes more sense, you don't poison the ground you will be taking over, it'll dry out Shanti Shanti Shanti Oct 2022 #57

He is quite capable of doing so. And the timing is right for him. Irish_Dem Oct 2022 #3

I think there's a good chance of something like that! Putin does not play RKP5637 Oct 2022 #4

Looking at the Ventusky weather map the prevailing winds would blow the Gaugamela Oct 2022 #5

Exactly...he's bluffing PortTack Oct 2022 #7

Putin doesn't bluff Ray Bruns Oct 2022 #15

YES, he does!! How many threats has he made and not followed through with what he claimed he would? The_REAL_Ecumenist Oct 2022 #46

Yes, he does. paleotn Oct 2022 #48

You forgot this: MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2022 #49

You're not serious right? He's been bluffing from the beginning of this war. It's all he's got PortTack Oct 2022 #68

As I recall, the majority thought sarisataka Oct 2022 #22

As *I* recall Putin said there would be no invasion Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #58

Some headlines from the time Jack the Greater Oct 2022 #60

How many times have you heard the media proclaim that Poopin was going to go nuclear? PortTack Oct 2022 #69

Oh, OK. I assumed it would go West TrogL Oct 2022 #13

If Putin actually does go nuclear, there's no plausible stopping place before all-out nuclear war. Girard442 Oct 2022 #6

The US would not respond in kind. There would No doubt be a huge response, but not a nuclear one PortTack Oct 2022 #11

game this out quakerboy Oct 2022 #30

Yeah, nobody believes anymore Russia could respond in kind conventionally. Girard442 Oct 2022 #35

I am gaming it out, and more importantly so is the pentagon. I didn't say the US or NATO would not r PortTack Oct 2022 #67

So.. follow it down the path quakerboy Oct 2022 #70

I don't expect a nuke but he may blow the dam and blame doc03 Oct 2022 #9

The prevailing winds are west to east sarisataka Oct 2022 #10

Neil deGrasse Tyson was on with Maher last week intrepidity Oct 2022 #14

It takes a fission bomb to detonate a fusion bomb TexLaProgressive Oct 2022 #17

I'd like to see more info than is available at that link about the *amount* of fallout Silent3 Oct 2022 #20

"...not all nukes have fallout" Disaffected Oct 2022 #25

Yeah and no kidding. jaxexpat Oct 2022 #31

And a bit too Disaffected Oct 2022 #63

A neutron bomb? harumph Oct 2022 #34

Neutron bombs do use a very small fission device. TexLaProgressive Oct 2022 #66

They all have fallout however.. EX500rider Oct 2022 #47

That was my first thought when I first heard about this intrepidity Oct 2022 #12

Goal is to destroy Ukraine leave nothing but mucifer Oct 2022 #16

Either that or blow the dam Calculating Oct 2022 #18

He'll destroy the very land he wants to steal C_U_L8R Oct 2022 #19

No, that is not going to happen! Nt USALiberal Oct 2022 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Baked Potato Oct 2022 #23

He's not evacuating his people. EndlessWire Oct 2022 #24

Ukraine apparently expects the dam to go. wnylib Oct 2022 #45

Let one smidgen of that bomb waft over a NATO border and watch Moscow disappear. ancianita Oct 2022 #26

Putin may not be thinking right. All the grain they want from there will be already FailureToCommunicate Oct 2022 #27

He doesn't have much left to lose IronLionZion Oct 2022 #28

He's now losing on all fronts. He likely doesn't even care anymore, he just wants to go out RKP5637 Oct 2022 #40

Hitler 2.0 Calculating Oct 2022 #51

Yeah, he really is. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2022 #64

Jeeebus lovin Tuckums Traildogbob Oct 2022 #29

I weep for humanity. This is not some fucking game. And Ukraine DID NOTHING. Perhaps Putin is Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #32

Good thing the World banned the Neutron bomb decades ago. nt yaesu Oct 2022 #33

Or course their is the possibility of the aircraft/rocket delivering said nuke fails. Crowman2009 Oct 2022 #36

Timing NQAS Oct 2022 #37

I don't. texasfiddler Oct 2022 #38

He does that he will be dead in 5 minutes, the Russian black sea fleat will all be sunk, any ... Botany Oct 2022 #39

He does that he will be dead in 5 minutes... Mariana Oct 2022 #65

One thing the NATO countries could do is go full-MAD right out of the gate. Girard442 Oct 2022 #41

Least bad? sarisataka Oct 2022 #44

MAD is how we got through the Cold War. Girard442 Oct 2022 #50

No no no Calculating Oct 2022 #53

So Putin uses one tac nuke and we hammer him with conventional forces. Girard442 Oct 2022 #54

Not if we don't threaten Russia itself Calculating Oct 2022 #55

Not the kind of message he wants to send Warpy Oct 2022 #42

Pointless if he's going to flood it. nt Xipe Totec Oct 2022 #43

Ukraine can't control what Putin does. Whatever he does Tomconroy Oct 2022 #52

What needs to be done, (not sure who could do it) bluestarone Oct 2022 #56

Just send one of our b21 stealth bombers Calculating Oct 2022 #62

Maybe he's waiting on U.S. midterms moondust Oct 2022 #59

Probably not. paleotn Oct 2022 #61

This situation has really opened my eyes ecstatic Oct 2022 #71