Ukraine Was Poised to Destroy Russia’s Best Warplanes, but White House Restrictions Shut Their Window of Opportunity

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/36986

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n3m37h@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y (5 replies)

How else does American companies profit off war if there is no war to be fought?

downpunxx@fedia.io · -8 pts · 2y (4 replies)

hey, maybe you got america all wrong, huh. alternate question: how does it benefit american companies profits, if russia starts hurling nukes across the pacific and over the artic circle?

pivot_root@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

The existence of nukes didn't stop the government from participating in proxy wars during the Cold War period, and they certainly didn't stop them from directly invading other countries in the early 2000s.

If I had to hazard a guess, nuclear annihilation isn't the greatest concern.

piccolo@ani.social · 4 pts · 2y
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Lotarion@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y (1 reply)

If they had the balls to start hurling nukes when they were threatened (and they damn well are threatened) the world would be over long ago

Which is to say, suggesting that they are ever going to be able to punish something as big as the US is fear mongering that only benefits russia

downpunxx@fedia.io · -1 pts · 2y

one hot nuke launch at the us or it's territories, allies, or nato partners, and the entire world goes up. just one. doesn't even have to be that punishing. just one single solitary launch. one tiny nuke baby. uno. une. sule.