🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The use of what #Putin said was a ballistic missile with multiple warheads in offensive combat is a clear departure from decades of the Cold War doctrine of deterrence.
Ballistic missiles with multiple warheads, known as “multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles,” or MIRVs, have never been used to strike an enemy, experts say.
https://edition.cnn.com/2024/11/22/europe/russia-mirv-deterrence-analysis-intl-hnk-ml/index.html
@rvps2001 with all the due respect, this article is plain bullshit
Most, if not all Russian weapons are dual-capabilities (the can carry conventional & nuclear payloads). Putting did not send an ICBM, and even if he did ...it would not be a major change since the cold war
When you hear "Russia used a nuclear capable weapon", just read "Russia used a weapon". The rest is bullshit
@fl @rvps2001
The headline could've been better, but the rest of the article is okay, it's not about nuclear-capable projectiles being used for the first time of course, but about MIRVs — and how it could invite preemptive strikes instead of deterrence, as it makes more sense to destroy such payloads when they are still on the ground.
