Comments by "" (@tomk3732) on "Ukraine crisis: US' Blinken and President Zelenskiy meet in Kyiv over Russian "aggression"" video.

Lets make fair deal then Mr. Blinken. Russia can have nukes in Cuba and Venezuela and you can have some in Ukraine. Heck, its even a US sided deal - as US nukes threated Moscow while Russian ones only Miami.
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@eugene4817 The system has been in operation for decades now so its not exactly news. Regular ballistic missiles are not exactly that fast - the time to react, detect & engage is about 30min & they are faster then hypersonic weapons. This is not news exactly, been that way for years. The issue is with surprise first strike, even with Russian system your missiles have to have a clear path to engage and fly off. If enemy missiles hit in the area of your launch vehicles you are toast. You cannot fly through tons of debris not to mention if you were just nuked. If missiles are say in eastern Ukraine the reaction time is uber fast - they are in Moscow in like under 5min. Also they can use some stealth so detection & decision could be like 60 seconds. Certainly being close to your enemy is more desirable then being further away - close is always better. This is why we had Cuban missile crisis and this is why any attempt to place missiles in Cuba or Venezuela would end badly.
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