E-DAY OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN TO RESPOND TO THE DRONE WAR – WOULD ESCALATING TO AN ORESHNIK STRIKE ON A NATO TARGET PRODUCE DETERRENCE OR RETALIATION, PREDICTABILITY OR UNPREDICTABILITY IN OUTCOME?

E-DAY OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENT PUTIN TO RESPOND TO THE DRONE WAR – WOULD ESCALATING TO AN ORESHNIK STRIKE ON A NATO TARGET PRODUCE DETERRENCE OR RETALIATION, PREDICTABILITY OR UNPREDICTABILITY IN OUTCOME?

By John Helmer, Moscow  @bears_with The Russians and Americans – think tankers, military bloggers, podcasters  —  now calling for President Vladimir Putin to decide on Oreshnik missile and tactical nuclear warhead strikes on NATO targets, outside the Ukraine, are hopeful that the NATO response would be deterrence, not escalation. But they don’t know. They also do […]