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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 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

you say "test" I hear "stock problems"

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 8 points 9 hours 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.

[–] Streetlights@lemmy.world -3 points 10 hours ago

Naïve take.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 11 hours ago

They misclicked the order and accidentally got INTRA Continental ones

[–] wieson@feddit.org 28 points 23 hours 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 53 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 12 points 9 hours ago

Declaring it? No.

Firing on it? Yes!

[–] copd@lemmy.world 24 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours 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 90 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 4 points 9 hours ago

And denuclearise them.

As seen they cannot behave.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 84 points 1 day ago (20 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.

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.

[–] johant@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

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

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

[–] Vikthor@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (14 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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[–] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 27 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 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Why would Trump want to fight Russia? He loves russia

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

And they aired porn of his wife

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago

Well I guess we should be giving Ukraine some ICBM's next. Or would that not be fair? :')

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