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President Joe Biden said on Monday the threat of Russian President Vladimir Putin using tactical nuclear weapons is "real", days after denouncing Russia's deployment of such weapons in Belarus. On Saturday, Biden called Putin's announcement that Russia had deployed its first tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus "absolutely irresponsible".

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[–] ArtemZ@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Totally irrelevant because:

  • Russians use them mostly as tactical utility vehicles for moving personel around.
  • Tank battles almost never happens in modern warfare
  • Russians still have more T90s than Ukraine has Leopards and T90 is a more advanced and better protected machine
[–] Badass_panda@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So if the equipment hasn't been helpful ... Why is Russia losing so. Damn. Hard?

[–] DanDeBroccoli@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That’s a set of highly unsubstantiated statements.

[–] BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Russians use them mostly as tactical utility vehicles for moving personel around.

Tanks aren't made to transport people and they are abysmally bad at it. They use a ton of fuel and don't hold anybody but the crew. A passenger could sit on top, but if you are going the 100% unprotected route, there are piles of vehicles out there that are less maintenance and fuel intensive for troop transport. If that is honestly how Russia is using their T-55s, I encourage them to continue.

[–] ArtemZ@lemmy.world -5 points 1 year ago

If you are using a tank purely for moving people around then the only crew member is tank commander. Speaking of fuel, it is not like Russia has any shortage of it.

[–] Airazz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're fully committed to huffing that copium. Where are the Armata tanks? What is air defence doing? Kyiv in three days, right? :D