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Question: How would the West respond if Russia uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine?
#1
The West folds and abandons Ukraine
 
#2
The West, together with Ukraine, reaches some sort of a compromise settlement with Russia through diplomacy
 
#3
The West increases arms support to Ukraine but stays out of the war
 
#4
The West uses "clandestine methods" to topple the Putin regime (in addition to arming Ukraine)
 
#5
The West enters the war directly but only with conventional weapons
 
#6
The West enters the war and responds with nuclear weapons
 
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« on: September 28, 2022, 04:56:07 AM »

If it is actually a nuke that is used in Ukraine and not on NATO territory, then Option 3, plus much more sanctions. All existing limitations on arms deliveries to Ukraine would fall. Giving them main battle tanks of Western production and fighter jets would be the new norm with regards to military aid. A serious push to suspend Russia from the UN Security Council is also to be expected, for one thing.

The West can't (and doesn't really want to) intervene directly because the end of the civilization as we know it isn't something anyone desires.
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« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2022, 07:08:55 PM »

I think one possible side-effect has been neglected so far in this thread.

Following the invasion of Ukraine there had been some low-key discussion whether the EU should start building up a nuclear arsenal of its own (beyond the French one). Russia using a tactical nuke in Ukraine would make that all but certain, I guess, for reasons of deterrence.
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