Because that’s not what would happen lol
Comment on Putin hints at strikes on West in 'global' Ukraine war
11111one11111@lemmy.world 3 days ago
From his perspective, why wouldn’t he just ignite a nuclear bomb emp over North America and wipe out any US, Canadian and Mexico involvement?
Doom@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Doom@ttrpg.network 2 days ago
Read the last part of that guy’s sentence tho it’s specifically to take them OUT of the conflict. That would do the opposite
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m not a different guy, friend. I’m the same friend, guy. Cue the “IM NOT YOUR BUDDY, GUY!” “IM NOT YOUR GUY, FRIEND!”
Lol but yeah I agree.
The US military abroad wouldn’t stop till they razed Russia to the ground. I think in reality shit would obviously hit the fan. I shouldve added the context tho, that I’m assuming Putin hasn’t been in touch with reality in a ages.
With that being said, the contiguous United States, Mexico and Canada would be entirely fucked to defend itself against a full scale Russian and Chinese invasion/attack that would follow a nuclear EMP attack.
This is also assuming it works and we don’t shoot it down. (Which I think is the correct answer, Putin facing the consequences of a failed attack fear him not the consequences of a successful one.)
We 100% have zero back up for any attack to the power grid. Doesn’t matter if it’s Nuclear, EMP or my uncle Dale with bolt cutters. Our power grid is like take a Xanax to stop the panic attack fragile. Whats honestly more terrifying than knowing how fragile it is, is knowing we also aren’t doing a single thing to fix it, fail safe it or have a back up plan. We’re just kinda all sitting around waiting for an inevitable mass power outage.
It’s known that a nuclear device detonated, 250-300 miles above sea level for altitude and in the middle of the continent for longitude/latitude, would take out the entire power grid and most every unprotected electronic from Mexico to Canada. Coast to coast. I’m not wasting the time to provide sources because you just have to google declassified CISA amd DHS reports on domestic vulnerability to attacks using a mass EMP threat.
The long short of it is, they estimate 90% of the population would die in (i think it said…) months from illness, starvation, environmental exposure and the internal conflicts that would come with all those aforementioned shit. They didn’t even try to predict what would happen if it was an actual organized military attack lol.
I wish we had permanent living complexes on the moon or space stations that I could watch this happen and see how everything plays out.
US vs the world in a current day all out war, would be a ridiculously close match.
You take US, Mexico and Canada out of that world War and swap the sides so it’s Russia and China vs the world and I hate to say it but it’s prolly guna hand the participation trophies to only Russia and China cuz errybody else is dead.
Full disclaimer, I am fully self aware that other than the shit about the nuclear EMP fallout I pulled from memory of reading the reports, everything else is all unfounded guessing and totally delusional. 🍻
n3m37h@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
US nukes are MUCH closer to Russia. Try Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Turkey, they all host US nukes
11111one11111@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Yeah I agree. That is also kinda my only issue with the whole “doomsday day prepping for an emp attack” thing: they say if done correctly it could take out all electronics in the north American hemisphere… breeeezing over the fact we’d still have electricity the whole time it is launched to shoot the fuckin thing(s) out of the air lol.
Darukhnarn@feddit.org 1 day ago
The west also has a secure second strike capability in the form of atomar subs.
11111one11111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Like they fire first we shoot it out of the air second strike? Or they strike and wipe out all electronics in America and we send carrier pigeons strapped with nukes as our second strike? Lol obviously kidding with those questions but really, are you talking about defensive strike to prevent domestic damages or are you saying second strike like they launch we launch? Cuz only one of those scenarios should work.
icerunner_origin@startrek.website 3 days ago
Because, as it stands, ole Donny boy is going to aid him not hinder him
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Because he knows our nukes would actually work, and we’d wipe Russia off the map.