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Recently, a senior official from EU warned Russia: If you dare to use nuclear weapons , you will annihilate the Russian army. Previously, a former commander of the US military also said: Putin press the nuclear button , then NATO troops will personally take the lead and annihilate the Russian army in Ukraine. At the same time, the Secretary-General of NATO also emphasized that the annual regular nuclear exercise will not be cancelled, and 14 NATO countries will carry out nuclear exercises. So can this move scare Putin?
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There are two possibilities for Western countries to make this statement. One is that Russia's previous nuclear warning is bluffing, so it does not take Putin's words seriously; the other possibility is that Western countries want to use their strength to warn Russia, thus forcing Russia not to dare to use nuclear weapons. However, the most critical point they ignore is that the nuclear button is in Russia's hands and Putin has the power to press it. This issue is something that the West cannot afford.
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Why is human beings closer to the risk of nuclear war today after the end of Cold War ? Is the Russian-Ukrainian conflict really a more severe nuclear crisis than the Cuban missile crisis ? During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union were evenly matched. No matter whether it was conventional military or nuclear forces, neither side could completely overwhelm the opponent. In this way, a dynamic balance between the two sides is achieved. Although there are advantages and disadvantages in the comparison of some military forces, the overall situation is balanced.
But now, it has been 30 years since collapsed . The Warsaw Pact , which can fight NATO, has long disappeared. Those countries that originally belonged to the Warsaw Pact camp have joined NATO in large numbers. Even the root cause of the Russian-Ukrainian crisis is due to NATO's eastward expansion of . Against this background, the previous dynamic balance no longer continues, showing that Russia is at a disadvantage. Why Putin wants to issue a nuclear warning to the West is to avoid NATO's intervention.
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Generally speaking, a major power has a complete process for launching nuclear weapons. Even the head of state does not want to launch the nuclear bomb . Russia has three sets of nuclear passwords. The president, the minister of defense and the chief of general staff each save one. When launching, the president and the defense minister, or the general manager, need to enter the password to start the launch procedure. The purpose of this move is to prevent the abuse of nuclear weapons. During the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, it can be found that Russia has maintained a high degree of restraint, so Putin will not easily press the nuclear button unless it reaches a last resort.
However, the NATO camp has been constantly aggressive during this period. It can be found that the United States also encourages European countries to provide more military assistance, believing that many countries support Ukraine and are just perfunctory. If it really reaches the point of nuclear war, the United States will definitely take great responsibility. At the same time, the intensification of the nuclear crisis has also caused the Western camp to fall into a rift, and the French people even demonstrated and demanded that Macron withdraw from NATO.
