Will commercial airplanes around the world stop flying if Russia uses a nuclear weapon in Ukraine?
As the saying goes…They would be cutting off their nose to spite their face.
Russian citizens would be exposed to radioactive fallout from the westerly winds in that region. Moscow could conceivably be exposed as well if the winds moved in a north-easterly direction. A nuke would be a very foolish move on their part.
According to readily available intelligence they have enough missile stocks to to unleash 3 more barrages before they run out. They will likely keep one assault barrage in reserve leaving 2 potential rounds of attacks.
By targeting Ukraine’s civilian power grid they have given de facto permission to Ukraine to target theirs. Things will get much uglier before they get better.
Here’s an old Russian joke that really demonstrates the way of thinking.
Commercial flights stopped in the US on Sept. 11, 2001. I don’t recall if other countries followed suit. It was freaky, knowing that aircraft flying (loudly) over Los Angeles were all military jets. I assume they were supposed to reassure us. Or they were just trying to be noticeable when nobody knew what to do.
Back to the topic, if a nuke were exploded in Ukraine, I imagine (this is guessing) flights in Europe would stop and elsewhere they would continue. Flights would continue some time after the size and extent of the detonation were determined.
One day a man found a magic lamp on the sea shore. He rubbed it and a genie came out offering one wish.
“Anything you request will be granted but understand this condition – your neighbor will be given twice what you requested. Think about this and decide before you sleep tonight.”
The next morning, the Russian awoke – blind in one eye.
If Russia does that, air travel delays will be the least of your worries.
The next morning the Russian awoke and said to the genie, “Beat me half to death!”
To answer the question. I think we will all be headed straight into WWIII.
Russian citizens would be exposed to radioactive fallout from the westerly winds in that region. Moscow could conceivably be exposed as well if the winds moved in a north-easterly direction. A nuke would be a very foolish move on their part.
According to readily available intelligence they have enough missile stocks to to unleash 3 more barrages before they run out. They will likely keep one assault barrage in reserve leaving 2 potential rounds of attacks.
By targeting Ukraine’s civilian power grid they have given de facto permission to Ukraine to target theirs. Things will get much uglier before they get better.
Here’s an old Russian joke that really demonstrates the way of thinking.
Commercial flights stopped in the US on Sept. 11, 2001. I don’t recall if other countries followed suit. It was freaky, knowing that aircraft flying (loudly) over Los Angeles were all military jets. I assume they were supposed to reassure us. Or they were just trying to be noticeable when nobody knew what to do.
Back to the topic, if a nuke were exploded in Ukraine, I imagine (this is guessing) flights in Europe would stop and elsewhere they would continue. Flights would continue some time after the size and extent of the detonation were determined.
One day a man found a magic lamp on the sea shore. He rubbed it and a genie came out offering one wish.
“Anything you request will be granted but understand this condition – your neighbor will be given twice what you requested. Think about this and decide before you sleep tonight.”
The next morning, the Russian awoke – blind in one eye.
If Russia does that, air travel delays will be the least of your worries.
The next morning the Russian awoke and said to the genie, “Beat me half to death!”
To answer the question. I think we will all be headed straight into WWIII.
