Russia Would Answer Conventional Attack With Nukes, Official Says

[yurbud]

14. asymmetrical warfare is a bitch: we can spend ourselves to death, but other countries would be smart

to take this approach: instead of trying to match us weapon for weapon, figuring out how to use what they have to exploit our weaknesses.

Some neocon pinhead probably came up with the cute idea of "prompt global strike" without nukes without thinking of possible asymmetrical responses.

Putin said something similar about Reagan's Star Wars program: even if it had worked (which it didn't), they could have overwhelmed it with dummy warheads and then gotten enough through to do serious damage.