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Supposedly, an RS-26 was launched from Astrakhan and targeted at infrastructure in Dnipro.

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[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Bluff has been called. They'd be stupid to nuke an upwind country they want to conquer anyways.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 9 hours ago

Escalation was demonstrated. No it’s not escalation all the way, but this is an escalation in response to an escalation.

Perhaps the size of the response escalation, as compared to a declared or assumed promised response escalation, implies some kind of “bluff” was detected. Like maybe Russia said it’d spend 4 escalation points and instead only spent 2 escalation points, but the relative size doesn’t change the fact escalation just occurred. That’s a bad thing.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

you say "test" I hear "stock problems"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

Plus the "Russia launches ICBM!!!" headline potential.

They pull 70 years old tanks out of storage all the time, they have used rare nuke-safe tanks on the battlefield, they have to beg North Korea (!) for help and more.

This just screams stock and command problems.

They are losing so they are getting desperate and thus does tries stupid things.

Armchair General Valmond.

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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Silly Russians don't even know what continents are lol.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

Wouldn’t it just be that the missile is an ICBM by model and design, and not based on this mission?

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They misclicked the order and accidentally got INTRA Continental ones

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 11 hours ago

Never buy from Temu

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

LOL inter and intra probably look the same to a half-drunk Russian.

[–] wieson@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago

What Russia wants us to think:

"O no, allowing Ukraine to fire atacms into Russia was to much escalation! We must back down!"

What we actually think:

"Russia ran out of missiles and has to reach deep down its soviet arsenal to fire the last thing it's got. Next, they'll fire an R7"

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 62 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Russia declares US missile base in Poland a target

uh... that would get all of NATO involved, wouldn't it?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

Declaring it? No.

Firing on it? Yes!

[–] copd@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yes, an attack on a NATO member would immedialy invoke article 5 (which has only been done once in history - 9/11)

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 98 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (10 children)

ruzzia is running out of everything and using its last reserves.

EU and NATO need to pool together every resource to bankrupt this rotten state and drive it from Ukrainian soil. The defeat has to be so harsh that the ruzzkis won't be able to cross any border forever. Confine them to their own country, period.

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

And denuclearise them.

As seen they cannot behave.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 89 points 2 days ago (21 children)

America here.....heh. We're gonna be useless come January!

Actually we might even be working against the cause. It would not surprise me to see trumps cabinet do shitty things like sending russia weapons and money.

In fact, I'm basically expecting it.

Just know that it's not ALL America. Just like 52% of us......or, I should say 52% of the 2024 voting public.

[–] myrrh@ttrpg.network 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

...down to 49% now as the votes keep coming in; the russian propaganda apparatus reaches deep but not yet that deep...

I just hope that Trump's miserable health gets the better of him before he gets the chance to backstab the whole of the western world. As shitty as Vance may be, he comes across as much less in love with Putin than Trumpler.

[–] Vikthor@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (15 children)

…or, I should say 52% of the 2024 voting public.

No. I hold those who didn't vote accountable too.

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[–] johant@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

He got 76,916,317 votes (49.9%) (currently, counting hasn't finished)

https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-ELECTION/RESULTS/zjpqnemxwvx/

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[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Pretty sure they did this as nuclear sabre rattling in response to the ATACMS and Storm Shadow attacks, not because of resource constraints.

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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Well, I'm sure the US military complex is excited to test whether they can swat these out of the sky with their expensive toys. Now they have a chance to try.

And the more Russia launches, surely that technology will improve

[–] copd@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why would Trump want to fight Russia? He loves russia

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's a big narcissist so having capabilities is probably going to flatter his ego.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

And they aired porn of his wife

[–] BaroqueInMind@lemmy.one 1 points 11 hours ago

Links for research plz

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