Germany says 'blackmail' of Ukraine will bring more war
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art of the deal
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But they have the capability right? Truly if they wanted to have a nuke I'm positive they could build one.
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While the nuclear weapons where physically present on Ukraine soil, the country did not have operational control over them.
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This should be a wake up call to invest in your own carriers and military. Stop letting the US have the monopoly on firepower.
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I would say they’ve had superpower status since the 1950s, since the wars in Korea and Vietnam.
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That's why they have to test the new ones.
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The stuff you need to make this sort of thing isn't off the shelf, they would have to buy or build a shitload of these
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_centrifuge
and its not cheap, these are just maintenance cost (and upgrades)
https://www.statista.com/statistics/752531/nuclear-weapons-spending-worldwide-by-country/
Ukraine's gdp is around 170 billion, so it isn't really something they could afford to just crank up.
On a personal note, I hope we as a species never fire another one of these weapons ever again.
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Nukes are cool and all but wouldn't a super power at least need some over seas power projection like aircraft carriers?
I'd say China has been, and still is a regional power albeit rising -
Step 1: capitulate
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Seconded. The US can no longer be trusted. God speed, and I wish you the best.
-us
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It owns too much of Africa to be a regional power. It's a superpower even if by a web of alliances/dependants rather than its own military projection
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Germany has relied on the USA since the BRD was founded. The left party (Die Linke) was and still is the only party in parliament that's against it.
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Good. Call it what it is.
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Trump did extort zelensky the first time, which resulted in his performative impeachment
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Yup, all the launch codes and mechanisms were in Kremlin
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Too bad they are extremely authoritarian.
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Not all require launch codes. Especially not those delivered by plane.
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How does pakistan and nkorea do it then?
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Idk why, but this made me think of a philosophical quandary. If you sell your soul to the devil to save someone else or your country, do you still go to hell?
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north korea does not need to pay its employees and has state sponsored hackers extorting hospitals. idk what revenue streams pakistan has. while the knowledge isn't hard to get, usually the problem is sourcing enough radioactive materials.
