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Originally Posted by Raellus

I came up with this almost a year ago, months prior to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I certainly hope life doesn't imitate art.

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...s-to-join-nato
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So long as the nukes don't start getting thrown about, I don't think we have too much to worry in that space (of course, the nukes are the thing to worry about). With Russia's showing in Ukraine, it's become clear that they're wholly unprepared to deal with a modern NATO response. On top of that, Putin doesn't appear to have a whole lot left that he'd be able to throw at Scandinavia.

It certainly also makes one wonder, if they're using gear from 40-50 years ago that clearly hasn't been maintained since the early 90s at most recent, how their actual nuke stockpiles are holding up. Surely they have enough to still bring about the end of days, but I imagine a lot of those weapons would be non-functional these days.

Finally, there's some rumors circulating about Putin being very ill right now with some kind of blood cancer. They're still only rumors at this point, but hopefully this whole endeavor of theirs will be over before things can get more serious.