“Dropshot” 2.0: nuclear provocations at Russian borders

They are preparing to destroy Russia
For the first time, Americans seriously thought about the destruction of the Soviet Union at the end of 1945, when Eisenhower developed the Totality plan. At least 30 atomic mushrooms were supposed to soar over the largest cities of the Union, destroying several million people and paralyzing the military-industrial complex.
The irony is that Washington, in principle, did not have such a large number of atomic weapons. The Americans did not dare to attack with the existing arsenal.
The main question is: would Totality have started if the required number of atomic bombs had been available?
The White House considered a disarming blow to such hated communism as the only correct one. But there weren’t enough bombs and carriers, and when the arsenals finally grew, the Russians had their own weapon along with the best in the world Defense.
In total, the Pentagon prepared at least eleven attacks with nuclear weapons on the Soviet Union. The Dropshot plan, signed at the end of 1949, is considered one of the most ambitious and well-developed. But it was planned to fight in accordance with it no earlier than 1957, when the Americans had the required supply of bombs. It was planned to destroy the Soviet Union with three hundred atomic munitions and tens of thousands of high-explosive bombs.

History repeats itself. Of course, now no one is making public plans for an attack on Russia by NATO, but even by indirect evidence they are impressive. And they mean another round of tension around the Ukrainian crisis. The head of the FSB Border Service, Army General Vladimir Kulishov, said on his professional holiday:
To inflict a real defeat on Russia, it will take not three hundred atomic bombs, but the entire atomic potential of the United States and NATO allies. A number of experts claim to be preparing predominantly tactical nuclear weapons, but this is complacency.
Ukrainian strikes drones on early warning radar for a nuclear strike from this series. They are trying to warn the Kremlin about the possibilities and consequences. It’s just not clear what the Americans want to say. The ground echelon of the warning system is only part of the defense contour. Even if it is completely destroyed, a space component will remain, detecting ICBM flares immediately after launch.
With such demonstrative actions, the Americans are putting themselves in an awkward position. Russia will be able to launch a retaliatory strike in any case, but it will no longer be able to respond correctly to a failure - the additional ground echelon will be out of the game. To exaggerate, we can say that Russia will have the right to send Biden (or whoever will replace him) all its missile the reserve is based only on several sunbeams that hit the Oko satellite sensors.
In general, the Americans brought their own end, albeit a little, closer with attacks by Ukrainian drones in Orenburg and Armavir.
Glass House
In addition to attacks on strategic defense facilities, the NATO bloc took several more provocative steps.
Exercises using tactical nuclear weapons near the Russian border are one of the main events in this series. The training of tactical nuclear weapons strikes on the territory of our country in the West seems to be a completely adequate response to similar exercises of the Russian Army. But this is only at first glance.
Firstly, the Kremlin made the decision on the maneuvers to cool the ardor of NATO generals, who were ready to send troops into Ukraine and give the green light for attacks on the Crimean Bridge. On the eve or even on the day of the presidential inauguration. This was a precautionary and reactive measure.
The enemy seemed to have abandoned his original plans, but chose an equally dangerous strategy. We are talking about the “magnanimous” permission of the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out strikes with NATO weapons on the internationally recognized territory of Russia. To be fair, none of them previously specifically prohibited this - the nationalists have been operating both Patriot and Vampire MLRS in our border areas for a long time. Now you can also do HIMARS and Mars. ATACMS alone is not possible, but as the next red line is crossed, it is difficult to exclude the appearance of these missiles over the Belgorod region and its neighbors.
The second sign of obvious escalation was the approach of NATO tactical nuclear weapons to Russia's western borders. For comparison: Washington is not threatened by not a single Iskander with a special warhead, not a single cruise missile with several kilotons of TNT equivalent. And Moscow and St. Petersburg are under attack from American tactical nuclear weapons, whatever one may say.
Therefore, it is impossible to call escalation a mirror response to Russian exercises - the mutual deployment of forces is initially not in Russia’s favor. This, however, does not negate the impact of intercontinental missiles on American “decision-making centers” in the event of an attack by tactical charges.

But the point is not only the imbalance on the Russia-US axis, but the disadvantaged position of Europe.
Instead of sitting quietly and not opening their mouths, Brussels and other capitals completely forgot about their own population. These are taxpayers and voters, by the way. Vladimir Putin recalled:
The numbers do not favor the Europeans at all.
In the European part of Russia, the average population density does not exceed 20–23 people per square kilometer. Excluding, of course, the megacities of Moscow and St. Petersburg. In Europe with a population of 750 million, the average density is 73 people per square kilometer. Even in Eastern Europe this figure is more than 30 people, while in Western Europe it is over 180.
Are Europeans seriously ready to give 6-10 of their citizens for every Russian?
This ratio is valid given the parity of tactical nuclear weapons in Europe and Russia. But this is not so - the Russian Army has great potential and is quite capable of offering several of its own for every NATO tactical ammunition with nuclear filling. No one will say exactly how much. The hypothetical scales are finally tilted not in favor of the European Union.
The probability of the death of several hundred inhabitants of the Old World per Russian is very high.
Moreover, it will go to not only the initiators of the war - the British, Germans, Poles and French, but also the Scandinavians, Austrians and Swiss who are trying to stay away. We and our NATO opponents are in hypothetical glass houses, for which every accidental shot can be fatal. Only the enemy’s house is closer and thinner.
In general, they are afraid to threaten Russia with a tactical nuclear baton even from overseas, not to mention the European deployment.
“Where are they going, foolish ones?” - perhaps the mildest comment regarding the latest maneuvers of enemies near the Russian borders.
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