[sofixa]

You're missing a small thing - NATO had had various plans for antimissile defences in countries in Central and Eastern Europe ( Poland, Czechia, Romania if memory serves me right). Those defences would potentially invalidate Russia nukes, and that's scary. ( Which is why there was a treaty limiting antimissile defences during the Cold War, to avoid one side thinking they can win a nuclear exchange). So Russia has plenty to be scared of, and then there's the imperialism, exporting problems, having a cause for the people to rally around, etc.

War crimes and abhorrent nonetheless. I hope at least this time the responsible end up in The Hague.

[Scea91]

I think the defences would be useful against countries will very limited nuke arsenal. For example Iran. The is probably no defence that would protect you against hundreds of nukes. In a real nuke strike the attacker would probably fire many simultaneously, accompanied with decoys.

[nickpp]

That is BS. Russia has enough subs that can launch a nuclear apocalypse from the bottom of any ocean.

The only reason Putin hates NATO is that it stops him from invading any country he wishes.

[sofixa]

The US has antimissile defenses on ships ( the Aegis system), and the whole thing started as ship-first, presumably against subs.

[nickpp]

No, nothing works against subs since they can easily move and launch from a place far from any defensive umbrellas.

[sitkack]

They can be shipped fedex or dhl with tracking and delivery confirmation for an extra 3$.