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NATO’s Military Committee head, Admiral Rob Bauer, stated that NATO troops would likely be in Ukraine countering Russian forces if Russia lacked nuclear weapons.

Speaking at the IISS Prague Defence Summit, Bauer emphasized that Russia’s nuclear arsenal deters direct NATO involvement, contrasting Ukraine’s situation with past NATO interventions in non-nuclear states like Afghanistan.

Although NATO nations provide military aid to Ukraine, direct troop deployment has been avoided, with leaders like U.S. President Biden ruling it out due to nuclear escalation risks highlighted by Russian threats and rhetoric.

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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 4 days ago

The only thing that surprises me in geopolitics right now is that Iran is not mass producing nukes yet.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

It's a delicate process, not easy to simply produce a bunch of nuclear weapons. Iran is at the point where they could have a few inside of a year anytime they actually want to trigger that particular international crisis.

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The moment they would try to make the last dash to nukes, is the moment the US would be bombing the everlasting shit out of Iran to prevent it.

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago

Like they did in North Korea?

[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

North Korea was under Chinese protection. This is what Iran likely is trying to do with Russia.

[-] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 4 days ago

They've been clear that they don't do it because they don't think they'd make Iran more secure.

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