Between Haifa Refinery, refuelling aircraft exploding with crew, potential incident on an aircraft carrier forcing it to retreat, and multiple other notable strikes, I'm thinking we are looking at one of, it not the most successful night so far for Iran.

The better this goes for Iran, the more I grow concerned the US or Israel will turn to Nukes. Maybe a dumb question, but what could anyone even do if Russia announced a nuclear retaliation policy on anyone who nuked Iran? I feel like they're the only ones who can prevent the increasingly only successful option for these mass murdering psychos.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 days ago

MAD is established doctrine. Anyone who scrambles their strategic nuclear assets is immediately subject to MAD. That's why it's called MAD.

If the US uses tactical nukes in a way that no one can tell until they've been deployed, then I don't even know. That's a nightmare scenario. MAD doctrine in theory would apply, but it is a massive gray area.