How far could Russia be able to go with the force of nuke threats alone?

Question

would they be able to hold the world hostage to its demands on threats of nuclear strikes? Basically force people into inaction against them by threatening total destruction. Would the rest of the world allow this kind of banditry from a country basically taking the world hostage?(hypothetically speaking)

Answer 1

they would if they want to. nobody has enough guts to lunch a nuke at them. and sure is h**l invading russia is suicidal.

Answer 2

Hypothetically speaking, the soviet union was to smart to actually launch anything at the US. The russians realize that any type of threat they pose will be countered by the US and its allies. Unlike Iraq, the UN actually also wants the Russians to stand down. The russians don't have the capability to pose any type of  real threat for at least another 15-20 years.

Answer 3

This is how the actual question should of have been asked:

"How far could USA be able to go with the force of nuke threats alone?

Would they be able to hold the world hostage to its demands on threats of nuclear strikes? Basically force people into inaction against them by threatening total destruction. Would the rest of the world allow this kind of banditry from a country basically taking the world hostage? (Hypothetically speaking)".

What a shortage of memory: does anybody remember the name of the only country on Earth, which used nuclear weapons and used them against civilians?

Answer 4

During the cold war, the USSR was the most proficient at Brinkmanship. They would go right to the edge of Nuclear War to get what they wanted. In the end, someone would give to prevent the button being pushed.

Lots of those old boys are still around to give the new Russian Republic advice.

The cold war ended because their economy couldn't keep up with the west, and basically the western powers bank rupted the Soviet Union.

Answer 5

about time to start the bombers headed east    mr  doodles

Answer 6

Just as far as you can go with any threat, with enough smarts to know it would mean your demise. In other words, the threat is all they can do.  

Answer 7

Well the US , Britain, France, Israel, China, India, Pakistan and North Korea have em. So assuming those countries would protect their allies aswell, that leaves a couple of african dictatorships, american banana republics and isolate pacific islands. would russia even waste their time with those

Answer 8

If that were possible somebody would have tried it a long time ago.

No they can't.  They know perfectly well they wouldn't escape the destruction.  

Answer 9

Not far at all.  We have them too ya know.  

Answer 10

It takes a,,,, Very Big Pair,,,,,, to call Russia out.

Including McCain, no U.S.A. politician today has a pair (that big).

AND THE RUSSIAN LEADERS KNOW IT.

......................One Russian newspaper said two years ago...

...." The U.S.A. has been feminized "

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One man closed up in a house, with the best of weapons on hand.

If he does not have a (big pair) to use them, he dies.

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Today's politicians are worried about their looks, and the big money they robe for the citizenship.

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Obama never even fired a be-be gun.

No way will he ever be a (mans man).

And half the U.S.A loves him, so much.

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Mark my words.