Let's talk about Trump and Putin's nukes.... - Belle of the Ranch

[Warpy]

2. Those things have a 50% failure rate

While that's a far cry from 200% failure, it seems certain that Belarus will get nuked more than anyone else. Add to that the fact that Putin's priority list has always had maintenance dead last, and we'd see a very high dud rate on the nukes. If he's STUPID enough ever to fire one of those things off, Should that happen, the outcome would be a lot more survivable (but still devastating) for us than it would be for Russia. I think Putin knows that.

He's a cornered rat and you never know what those will do. Calling his bluff is still the safest thing to do. Appeasement isn't going to work.