Potential US responses to the Russian use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in Ukraine - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Responding in-kind to a Russian nuclear attack against Ukraine or caving to nuclear coercion would clearly be unwise, but the other US response options have risks and uncertainties that make one thing obvious: Russian use of a nuclear weapon in Ukraine would greatly increase the likelihood of direct NATO-Russia conflict.
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