Will Putin use the world’s largest nuclear bomb if the Ukraine-Russia war escalates?

[Starmix]

Based on the report, thirty years after the end of the Cold War, the United States and Russia are yet again standing face-to-face over Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has renewed the nuclear threat to the West, possesses the biggest weapon ever made, the world’s largest ever nuclear device – the Tsar Bomba or "the Emperor of Bombs".On October 30, 1961, at the peak of the Cold War, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sent an unmistakable warning to the West by testing the most powerful weapon mankind had ever seen.

The report said that the Tsar Bomba was 2000 times more powerful than the American bomb dropped on Nagasaki and 10 times the total firepower used in the entire Second World War.

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[Augusta]

I hope not, we should just hope that he realises the need for peace and shuns all forms of violence

 

[Starmix]

Let's pray Putin remains human. Many will perish if he pushes through his plan. The Russians will also die.

 

[Sanjeev]

I think if there is continuous interruption of NATO countries there are chances that Putin may use nuclear bomb on Ukraine

 

[Starmix]

I think if there is continuous interruption of NATO countries there are chances that Putin may use nuclear bomb on Ukraine

It's NATO but the support sent by the USA to Ukraine. That triggered the anger of Putin.

 

[Augusta]

It's NATO but the support sent by the USA to Ukraine. That triggered the anger of Putin.

So do other nations try to stop the US from supporting Ukraine. Maybe this might stop to trigger the violence there

 

[Starmix]

So do other nations try to stop the US from supporting Ukraine. Maybe this might stop to trigger the violence there

No, many counties like to support a Ukraine. It's inferior to Russia with high powered missiles and bombs.

 

[magnus2022]

This war is miniature and can hardly escalate to that level. All the world powers knows the consequences of using nuclear energy and even themselves is equally afraid of such weapon of mass destruction.

 

[Starmix]

That is right, there will be massive destructions and devastations of lives and properties and the planet the earth will be full of blood.

 

[Sanjeev]

So do other nations try to stop the US from supporting Ukraine. Maybe this might stop to trigger the violence there

Yes, I feel Russia will use nuclear weapons in frustration at the end of they see they are not able to invade Ukraine.

 

[Webster]

*sighs* Where oh where do I start?

First, neither side is going to use nuclear weapons; their purpose is deterrence and they've succeeded in that regard.

Second, as closely as the West is monitoring Russia any indication of nuclear weapons usage would be spotted immediately; unlike strategic weapons, which don't need to move because they're aimed at us, battlefield or tactical nukes have to be moved from weapons storage areas to the planes and that movement can be tracked.

That said, Russia is effectively a pariah state so at some point Putin may decide to use them; after all, its' either, in his mind, go out with a bang or spend time in the dock at the Hague for war crimes (or worse, see the inside of a U.S. courtroom for similar charges).

That triggered the anger of Putin.

What triggered Putin was the gall, in his mind, of the Ukrainian people throwing off the Russian-supported Yanukovych and turning West.

Why? Putin has long said, Starmix, that the fall of the Soviet Union was the worst thing to happen in his lifetime and he's long desired to rebuild the old Soviet/Tsarist sphere of influence/vassalage, re-annexing or Finlandizing former Soviet territories in the Baltic and Ukraine (Belarus is effectively a Russian province in all-but-name).

 

[Starmix]

*sighs* Where oh where do I start?

First, neither side is going to use nuclear weapons; their purpose is deterrence and they've succeeded in that regard.

Second, as closely as the West is monitoring Russia any indication of nuclear weapons usage would be spotted immediately; unlike strategic weapons, which don't need to move because they're aimed at us, battlefield or tactical nukes have to be moved from weapons storage areas to the planes and that movement can be tracked.

That said, Russia is effectively a pariah state so at some point Putin may decide to use them; after all, its' either, in his mind, go out with a bang or spend time in the dock at the Hague for war crimes (or worse, see the inside of a U.S. courtroom for similar charges).

What triggered Putin was the gall, in his mind, of the Ukrainian people throwing off the Russian-supported Yanukovych and turning West.

Why? Putin has long said, Starmix, that the fall of the Soviet Union was the worst thing to happen in his lifetime and he's long desired to rebuild the old Soviet/Tsarist sphere of influence/vassalage, re-annexing or Finlandizing former Soviet territories in the Baltic and Ukraine (Belarus is effectively a Russian province in all-but-name).

How could he build it back when he's using violence through war? The fall of Soviet Union was long along it cannot be retrieved.

 

[Webster]

How could he build it back when he's using violence through war?

Putin believes he can rebuild Russia's borders back to where they were prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, using whatever means he can.

 

[Starmix]

Putin believes he can rebuild Russia's borders back to where they were prior to the fall of the Soviet Union, using whatever means he can.

It seems impossible. He better gives up and lets the separatees live freely without interventions of Putin's power.

 

[Webster]

It seems impossible. He better gives up and let the separatees live freely without interventions of Putin's power.

One would hope so.