Russia - threadbanned users in OP

That's an odd statement to say the least

Russia has never really set up for air superiority , they have had the same doctrine forever overwhelming numbers and firepower straight off the bat on the ground and everything else Falls into place ,then it's a case of bombing the civilian population into submission,they didn't even learn their lessons from Georgia ,most of the bombs dropped missed their Targets and and Fair percentage of weapons dropped failed to explode ,,

I firmly believe if Russia went against Nato now they would lose most of their airforce fairly quickly along with naval assets , even look at their naval assets they are heavily armed essentially floats artillery ,but they fire everything in one massive volley ,they might take a couple of stationary vessels out , but then it's all over as a single anti ship missles or cruise missile sinks them.even their infantry is the same Barrel out of armoured vehicle firing aks full auto to overwhelm an opposing force ,they still end up in the open with little or other tactics and end up getting picked off ,their overall doctrine is firmly rooted in the 50's

Takes what view?

That obliterating the entire human species is a larger price to pay than Putin reestablishing the soviet union?

Would you rather die slowly from radiation poisoning than see Putin erect a new iron curtain?

What's happening in Ukraine is horrific, Nuclear war is the end of everything.

If you're going to be glib at least educate yourself a little first.

interesting read

Not a conventional threat?

They've razed entire cities in the Ukraine in a matter of days with **** logistics. They are absolutely a threat.

Remember how Russia said they were absolutely NOT planning to invade about 12 days ago?

Given that Ukraine is a non-NATO, I suppose there's no concrete reason why Russia couldn't drop a small nuke somewhere on Ukraine (that's 'small' as nukes go). This would be in the circumstance where they insist on fighting an unwinnable war that sees their ability to finance a standard ground invasion vastly diminished, due to sanctions, and the Ukrainians getting a constant supply of shiny new weapons, plus many ethnic Ukrainians and foreign fighters coming back to fight the good fight, and many mini Stalingrads taking place throughout the country.

In this situation, you would have a kind of protracted stalemate, and Russia's name would already be dirt on the international stage, so would Putin say, 'f*ck it'? It would certainly be a most extreme scenario. Not that I see it getting to that point. Cooler heads must prevail sooner rather than later, but I don't know how Ukraine and Russia will ever have good relations in any of our lifetimes.

Maybe Russia jumped the gun ,

China have gone a massive militarisation over the last decade and jumped way ahead of Russia in military deployments why else would china need 10 -20 aircraft carrier and hundred of long range bombers to protect themselves ,or to bring their military to other countries who don't agree with their way of doing things,they are not just trying to counter the US in the region they are planning a massive power projection ,I'm sure they are sitting there wondering why they are cosying up to putin when he's just proved to the world , Russia hasn't got the ability to fight a real war outside of their own border .let alone getting into a fight with China and NATO , Japan and Korea and other asian players.

WOW! So let Putin take back all the former USSR countries under Russian ownership?

Your defeatist attitude is laughable please don't become a politican!

She said "we are already in World War 3" right?

We are at Day 11 of a Russia v Ukraine war. It is a silly needless comment. She is making no sense. There is nothing to suggest it will escalate into WW3 and a nuclear war.

To your point, WW2 had a fairly definite start point. Hitler invaded Poland on September 1. In response, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany on September 3, at 11:00 AM and at 5:00 PM, respectively. 

He put off his invasion so that it wouldn't make the Olympics awkward for China. Is it plausible he would carry out a unilateral nuclear strike because he's a sore loser? There is no incentive for Russia to launch a nuclear strike, only extremely severe downsides.

They have them and have already shown he won't use them. He threatened unimaginable consequences for those that helped Ukraine. Where are those? He asked for the nuclear arms to be readied. They weren't. He a psycho but he's not stupid. Everyone on that chain will have to be happen in the knowledge that their kids, parents, wives will never see another day. It's all big talk until you're told to kill 8 billion people.