It is profoundly disturbing we need to consider restarting various nuclear war plans and production because of the West's lack of resolve in stopping Putin's war of aggression by denying Ukraine the needed arms.
This is good, but neither France nor the UK are likely to use these weapons unless their homeland is under direct attack. What we need is a truly European nuclear deterrence, or that the countries on the eastern flank develop their own national deterrence. Both Poland, Ukraine and Sweden/Finland need to consider this.
Fabian, an interesting take but which contains many inaccuracies, particularly regarding current warheads (types, yield), but also regarding doctrinal elements such as the targeting policy (no longer countercity) and the French nuclear warning shot option. More substantially you seem to assume that "it takes a low yield to deter a low yield", which is debatable.
It is profoundly disturbing we need to consider restarting various nuclear war plans and production because of the West's lack of resolve in stopping Putin's war of aggression by denying Ukraine the needed arms.
This is good, but neither France nor the UK are likely to use these weapons unless their homeland is under direct attack. What we need is a truly European nuclear deterrence, or that the countries on the eastern flank develop their own national deterrence. Both Poland, Ukraine and Sweden/Finland need to consider this.
Fabian, an interesting take but which contains many inaccuracies, particularly regarding current warheads (types, yield), but also regarding doctrinal elements such as the targeting policy (no longer countercity) and the French nuclear warning shot option. More substantially you seem to assume that "it takes a low yield to deter a low yield", which is debatable.