Russia Is Changing Its Nuclear Doctrine - Atomic Coercion, Ukraine & the Nuclear Threshold

[@PerunAU]

Sponsored by Ground News: Go to ground.news/perun to compare news coverage, spot media bias, and avoid algorithms. Try Ground News today and get 40% off your subscription. Given the topic in this episode is quite literally the prospect of nuclear warfare, the jokes may be a little sparser in this one, but given we haven't discussed the nuclear component of Russia's strategy in Ukraine since 2022, I though it was important to come back to it now that Putin has announced changes to Russia's nuclear threshold. I very much hope you get something out of this episode. It may have taken some work building ad-hoc recording areas out of whatever soft materials I could find in various hotels and airports, but we got to a release in the end. Next week, I'll be back with something a little different, and hopefully very entertaining.

[@rocko7711]

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[@riskinhos]

perhaps you should make a video about the effects of nuclear war. too many uneducated stupid comments saying russia is no menace and that their nukes don't work and even if they work it will be worthless. people don't understand that on a nuclear war everyone loses and we will all die in a nuclear apocalypse.

[@erdalguclu]

At the slide on 28:28, 1st bullet point after the quote did you mean to write '"but with the participation or support" of a nuclear one' instead?

[@matthewj5333]

I think the change in nuclear doctrine is a bluffing stance. They probably have something like less than 1% readiness of their nuclear arsenal - and the new missiles just don't work. So they have to increase the rhetoric in hopes people don't call their bluff.

[@DrAHorn]

@Perun: A comment about Germany sending Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine: that's not going to happen with the current government. Due to the complete mess that parts of our government - in particular Olaf Scholz - made around this topic this has now become incredibly toxic here in Germany. And because of the strain on our domestic politics at the moment, nobody is going to touch that with a ten foot pole if they can help it. So I would prefer it if you would refer to Taurus as one of the (major?) successes of Russia's information warfare - including nuclear threats I believe - instead of something that might still happen.

[@nohurry]

"And while Laverov record is such that if said the sky is blue, I would probably glance upwards just to check if it hasn't suddenly changed color" had me rollin'!

[@seetheious9879]

Tricked foolish Westerner, it's black in the night!

[@austinbaccus]

13:10

[@redrichmond8485]

It's funny because it's true.

[@KatyYoder-cq1kc]

Report War crimes and espionage: Cease and desist malicious use of energy weapons, AI, esp/free masonry. Axis of Evil/Communist US and Allies

[@Mr_Bunk]

You said it best in a previous video: _“Moscow’s best air defence is Washington policy.”_

[@AlleonoriCat]

still true

[@20chocsaday]

For how much longer.

[@Mr_Bunk]

@@20chocsaday At least three months _after_ Ukraine needs those restrictions lifted, unfortunately.

[@20chocsaday]

@@Mr_Bunk The odd thing about air attacks on capitals is that all the European capitals have been bombed. But it is the points within those cities that sometimes contained people useful to the war effort. Now we have drones which can detect individual apartments and fly in windows. Or recognise a person in the street. Previously that was what birds did.

[@Mr_Bunk]

@@20chocsaday What’s your point?

[@LewisPulsipher]

When nuclear blackmail succeeds, non-nuclear countries around the world will look to develop nuclear weapons - it's not that hard.

[@Daokl]

It's kinda moot point after Libya who gave up it's nuclear program in exchange for guarantees - only to be bombed, ransacked and such. Or Syria parts of which US and Turkey occupy with 0 consequences. Or what Israel does now or before. So every sane country have to consider deterrence - it can be nuclear but it can also be conventional. If you don't have both - expect force used against you directly or by proxy (and plan accordingly).

[@mr.dagger437]

@@Daokl Libya would've never survived the sanction package the UN and the West in general would've immediately thrown at them if they pursued nuclear weapons. It's doubly evident because NATO never invaded Libya - it was a pure air campaign because Libya was already in the middle of a civil war which arguably "ended" in 2022

[@Daokl]

@@mr.dagger437 it didn't survive bombing campaign either. There's two governments, only they are backed by different countries, so no nato consensus on who to bomb. But both are likely to start fighting again. With nukes - no one would have bombed them. Sure, there may have been "totally unaffiliated rebels" funded and armed by certain countries, so you have to have conventional deterrence forces, but said countries may have thought twice before helping to destabilise nuclear power.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

@@Daokl Ah, the "NATO destroyed Lybia" BS again Did you miss the fact that there was an entire civil war going on for 2 years there already and Gaddafi killing his own people for protesting? The bombings didn't destroy Lybia - Gaddafi did.

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

@@Daokl As opposed to the "totally unaffiliated rebels" of US ally Egypt during the Arab spring?

[@tristanridley1601]

Pretty hard for Russia to claim "existential threat" when they have the option at any time to simply declare the war over, pull back troops and enjoy the sudden peace.

[@jeremy____5747]

@@tristanridley1601 Supposedly *Russia* could do that but *Putin politically* cannot. Like he would 'lose credibility' and be overthrown or something. I have my doubts though. I mean, what possible opposition to him is there left in Russia? He can apparently deal even with *armed mutiny* (see what happened to Prigozhin). I don't think he has anyone left either to fear or to please.

[@taumaxim1459]

Why would he do that though when he's winning across the entire front? Why should Russia roll over and submit to the west?

[@aleksandrs1422]

Why. NATO didn't go away, and did not suddenly become reliable in terms of keeping a security pledge

[@jonashammond498]

@@aleksandrs1422vatnik alert!

[@NemoForever338]

@@aleksandrs1422 Haven't seen this fanfiction in a hot minute. How's the weather in Moscow?

[@horatiojones8916]

In the doctrine, you have to replace “existential threat to Russia” with “threat to Putin”. Then you have a more accurate view of the document’s meaning.

[@andrewharrison8436]

That's probably the worst and most accurate interpretation. It's one thing to analyse the costs of first nuclear use and another to say the red button is next to someone who is an egocentric dictator.

[@Comm0ut]

Putin is a product of Russia, not an anomaly. Russia remains existential enemy to civilization of which it has never truly been part. The Russian people relentlessly support tsars then Bolsheviks then Stalinists then Putinists and have been exiling and killing their intelligentsia for centuries. The naive cult of "bad leader, good people" does not apply here. Putin raped, robbed or murder no one personally. Ordinary Russians invaded Ukraine and slaughtered Bucha. Never let that be forgotten no matter how "politically incorrect" it may seem. Russians raped and murdered their way through eastern Europe more than once. The few decent Russians have to escape the rest if they can move fast enough.

[@qZbGmYjS4QusYqv5]

The only threat to Putin is the death in his bed from the old age it seems

[@DIREWOLFx75]

"you have to replace" Bravo, you have achieved new levels in class Village idiot, by showing yourself to have absolutely no idea what you're flapping your jaw about.

[@dimas3829]

All those NATO bases are just randomly surrounds Russia, sure. All those color revolutions coming to the Russian neighborhood by CIA are just coincidence, sure.

[@ВладимирХарченко-з2т]

To summarise: so long as the bully is appeased, the bully will keep bullying.

[@nickcharles1284]

The world bully would be the US, and no one is appeasing it anymore. US mad.

[@mjk9388]

Exactly right.

[@MaximumEfficiency]

yes, anyone supporting transZensky is a traitor of Ukrainian people!

[@DIREWOLFx75]

@@RVWUSA1776 "More like Appeasniks, kinda like Chamberlain during WW2." Yes. Putin has already apologised in public to the Russian people for trusting the west to act in good faith and not acting against the nasi massmurderers of Ukraine right away after USAs coup in 2014.

[@venanziadorromatagni1641]

Russia’s nuclear threat heavily relies on Western politicians not watching Perun’s videos.

[@tyewolf4493]

The wasteland life is going well. I've started a dog ranch and was able to find this fancy green glowing water. The dogs seem to be learning to speak, but nothing out of the ordinary

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Do they sound like Seth McFarlane?

[@sammitra]

First question: Who let the dogs out?

[@bat2293]

Let me know when you breed a dog that can communicate telepathically, and has a higher IQ than your first born son... Okay? (movie ref: _A Boy and His Dog_ - 1975).

[@SirAntoniousBlock]

_"I don't want to set the world on fire"_ 😅

[@c1ph3rpunk]

I went for turtle farm on mine, still looking for a ninja master to help out.

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

I'm from New Mexico and I don't get what everyone's so afraid of. My home state have been nuked thousands of times and it hasn't done me any harm

[@GrahamCStrouse]

How high can you count on your fingers? Any extra eyeballs or testicles? Actually, you do have a spare testicle I’m down one. Had cancer in 2005. And I’ve never been anywhere near New Mexico. I did spent a few years in Jersey as a child, though. Lotta weird stuff in Jersey’s swamps….

[@VictorianTimeTraveler]

@@GrahamCStrouse no I'm a normal person, like anyone else I have ten fingers on each hand.

[@zacklewis342]

Only 101 times, bud.

[@TheRezro]

@@GrahamCStrouse But now seriously. We do not have 60's anymore, where assumed strategy was nuclear carpet bombing. Most nations including Russia, has only few hundred rapid delivery systems. Most of thousands nukes can't be effectively delivered, even if they do work.

[@eddievhfan1984]

...except for psychological maladjustment and blurred vision.

[@nafo_tubealloys]

Life in the nuclear wasteland is great, as we still get weekly Perun powerpoints!

[@duncanandrews4318]

This feels like a Luke Humphris short

[@TheRezro]

With performance of Russian and NATO missiles, it would be one sided.

[@20chocsaday]

An explosion in a certain nuclear power station could be a Dirty Bomb. It is still in Russian control.

[@Canoby]

From Minnesota in the US here. Anyone really annoyed at how expensive Nuka Cola has gotten? At least I figured out how long to grill mole rat for

[@alganhar1]

Glad I hoarded all those caps!

[@Flamme-Sanabi]

You say it! At this rate, purified water is actually going to be cheaper.

[@ahettinger525]

@@Flamme-Sanabi fortunately I have horded water chips.

[@Ajarylee]

@@ahettinger525 YOU BASTARD MY GRANDFATHER IN VAULT 13 DIED BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU

[@foolishfooligan4437]

I found that if you take some crater water and mix it with mutfruit juice it tastes really close to the real thing! Hope this helps

[@ethanswanson9209]

The way the Russians have manipulated the US with escalation fears has been really frustrating.

[@AC-SlaUkr]

Biden is weak and feeble. Kennedy would have called Russia on their bluff. Nixon would have had the whole of the U.S. nuclear force flying circuits around Russia,just to remind them.

[@BustYoDome]

Literally no one is scared or “manipulated” keep living that fantasy 🤣🤣🤣 SINCE YT IS DELETING MY COMMENTS: @alganhar I can go up to anyone rn and ask them about this mediocre at best scenario u have in ur delusional noggin and they won’t gaf and carry on with their lives even u know that’s the truth you’ve heard of facts right? I know how much u Russian lapdogs tend to hide from it all ur pathetic lives

[@aleksandrs1422]

What are you talking about. The Russians were played masterfully, to the point it's not clear whether MAD works anymore at all. Nuclear weapons are expensive. They need to work for national defense, so Russians will keep trying to find a convincing use case for them. And it will be different from what it used to be

[@nikolaideianov5092]

​@@BustYoDomeah the prn bot people apprenty also sell to the russia gov But they forgot to change the pfp

[@alganhar1]

@@BustYoDome Sorry, but you are wrong there. Whether they are a majority is of course far more debatable. and in my opinion this is unlikely, but there ARE in fact plenty of people who are both. There are also a significant number of people who are unaware of either the pro's and con's of going nuclear, thus are unable to make a balanced decision either way. If you cannot see that then you are either not looking, literally at all, or it is you who are living 'that fantasy'.

[@petersherratt]

14:15 could you cover, even if only briefly, the agreement Russia made with Ukraine to give up its nukes in exchange for a promise that Russia would never invade Ukraine?

[@cc0767]

IIRC he has done so in an older video

[@DIREWOLFx75]

"could you cover, even if only briefly, the agreement Russia made with Ukraine to give up its nukes in exchange for a promise that Russia would never invade Ukraine?" Does not exist. Ukraine NEVER HAD ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS. They were always under the control and ownership of Moscow.

[@PappaTom-ub3ht]

@@DIREWOLFx75 "Ukraine NEVER HAD ANY NUCLEAR WEAPONS." So why was there a whole deal made where russia promised never to attack ukraine if ukraine gave away their nukes?

[@heretic-668]

@@PappaTom-ub3ht As I understand it, I think the critical thing people don't realize is that Moscow always had the launch codes, so while there were warheads silo'd in Ukraine, Ukraine never actually had the ability to fire them, ergo the agreement that was not exactly in Ukraine's favor.

[@arcangellord5372]

​​@@heretic-668they had the warheads and parts what's stopping let say disassembling reprogramming and just using them, codes are there to stop sudden use but if the nukes in physically in someone else's hand codes don't stop them from just putting warheads on another platform or doing what I said earlier

[@sonnygummyjn.2151]

This is what Sundays are for

[@tirushone6446]

austism gang congregates on sundays to watch australian powerpoint man, very true

[@maartenneppelenbroek]

@@tirushone6446 Bipolar, actually.

[@jimtalbott9535]

@@u2beuser714Need more info. How many successful attempts, and a banana for scale.

[@maximilianthiel8485]

@@u2beuser714Sounds like you’re focused too much on yourself …. Get out and do some shit without expecting results and take what you get…

[@MaximumEfficiency]

what a miserable life you mush have

[@mattfantastic9969]

This dropped just in time for me to download it before my flight. Perun be praised 🙏

[@rayzerot]

Safe flight!

[@riskinhos]

hope it's not over russia

[@szaszm_]

@@rayzerot airplanes are the safest mode of transport. But if you drive or take the taxi to/from the airport, that has some danger, as usual with cars.

[@u2beuser714]

@@riskinhos And not Israel, google libyan flight shootdown oh and dont travel with a ship near israel because ..you know why

[@NickRuedig]

Enjoy your flight PowerPoint! I love those too

[@akeleven]

Russia saber-rattling. Rattle a little bit, they get over it. So Russia just turned up the volume on the rattle. Giving Western supporters the excuse to lamely under support Ukraine. I'm elderly, For nearly all my life I've been under this nuclear threat since I was a teenager. Why do we give Russia the power to be scary without having to actually deliver. I gave up worrying about it a looong time ago. Seriously.

[@rajeshkanungo6627]

Weirdly enough, only Russia has done nuclear saber-rattling since the 80s. But I do remember reading the US State Department minutes and the highly redacted Nixon tapes where Nixon/Kissinger threatened India with a nuclear strike and full annihilation if India did not stop the 1971 war. The second stage of the war would have ended up with Pakistan's dismemberment. Kissinger/Nixon liked dictatorships. I was in India at that time, and I had always been mystified by the war's abrupt end.

[@rettro6578]

@@rajeshkanungo6627but USA loves peace.

[@rajeshkanungo6627]

@@rettro6578 this war was started by Putin. There was no provocation. Putin stole Crimea. Again, no provocation. The US had nothing to do with Putin’s attack. Look up the seven levels of argument. Name calling is the lowest level of argument. You are also using misdirection.

[@jaypac1811]

@@rajeshkanungo6627 You don't know history.

[@balinthehater8205]

​@@jaypac1811enlighten us then. Did russia not steal another nations territory? In which case where is the portal to your dimension?

[@RuthroAlt]

weekly powerpoint time

[@u2beuser714]

People from the U.S , go to google and search for "uss liberty" know whos wars you are fighting

[@talotalo1192]

@@u2beuser714maybe not but all know muslims are the enemies

[@u2beuser714]

To the american people: Nancy Pelosi: "If this capital collapses , the only thing that will remain is our aid and i wouldnt even call it aid, our cooperation with israel" would you fight their wars?

[@frostpst477]

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOO I LOVE SUNDAYS

[@scottgiles7546]

Weekly SEXY power point.....

[@bj6515]

39:28 it seems clear that Yelena Valbe thinks a Nuclear Winter would improve and expand her skiing opportunities.

[@pRahvi0]

I mean, she's not too wrong saying "everything would be over"

[@lexiusugrymius9392]

Well, it's too Russian humour.

[@JayMaverick]

Putin: I will nuke you and I'm totally not kidding! Putin 6 months later: I will nuke you and this time I'm serious! Putin 6 months later: I will nuke you and this time it's your fault! Putin 1 month later: I have never threatened to nuke anyone. Putin 6 months later: I will nuke you and this time I wrote it down on this paper Etc etc etc. It's just old man yells at clouds. Dude needs to be defenestrated ASAP.

[@groovie444]

Putin drops nukes in ukraine Jay Maverick - 😮

[@MaximumEfficiency]

Ukrainians Retreat From Toretsk⚔Breakthrough At Siversk

[@MrDmitriRavenoff]

​@@groovie444won't happen. Putin doesn't want his empire of dirt turned into an empire of irradiated dirt.

[@winzyl9546]

​@@nickcharles1284"Winning"

[@cococalm]

This is gold !!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Florkl]

57:30 This cannot be overstated enough. The basic design for Little boy is on wikipedia. Other than politics, the real obstacle for making (basic) nukes is materials, not knowledge. But Ukraine’s nuclear programs definitely give them a leg up in acquiring those materials.

[@C3l3bi1]

lol they dont have any doe, they barely have military, who cares about designs? where are you gonna get the delivery equipment?

[@jean-bastienjoly5962]

@@C3l3bi1 Poland.

[@rajeshkanungo6627]

They probably have all the experimental data about densities, timing, encapsulation, and all the electronics and explosives needed to build one. The most they are missing is weapons-grade uranium or plutonium. Just like with other weapons, the Ukrainians could probably rely on the Russians selling them or "giving" them a few items.

[@rettro6578]

🤪🤪🤪

[@changingform250]

I'd give my arts major housemate a good chance of coming up with a workable nuke design. Anyone with uni level science or engineering would be trying to maximise yeald, rather than a will it / wont it question.

[@thereallocke8065]

Hanging out this sunday morning making pancakes and playinf baulders gate from the Nuclear hellscape that is Detroit. Glad youre checking in on us Americans Perun

[@gow1044]

Depends on where in Detroit you live😅.

[@thereallocke8065]

@@gow1044 fair enough

[@ColdDrone13]

This has rapidly become my favorite channel on youtube. Thank you for another great presentation. I'll be here next week!

[@howtoappearincompletely9739]

Thank you, Mr Perun, for your sober, responsible, clear, and circumspect analysis of this vitally important topic.

[@GenghisVern]

"Yes but, the whole point of the Machine is lost if you keep it a secret.... Why didn't you tell the world, huh!" --Dr Strangelove

[@nickcharles1284]

What secret is this quote referring to in regard to this scenario?

[@GenghisVern]

@@nickcharles1284 changing their nuclear doctrine at this point in the game. came to mind around 25 minutes in try 25:40

[@isbestlizard]

As you know, the premier loves surprises!

[@guidosarducci209]

You don't even really need the machine, do you? As long as you can make the world believe you have it...

[@Xiaengao]

@@isbestlizard We were going to tell him on Monday.

[@andrewgray573]

'For those in the U.S. listening, I hope life in the wasteland is treating you well." I live in Texas, so I'm sipping a Nuka Cola while barbecuing a Deathclaw right now. We don't have Deathclaws anymore, by the way! We Texas'd them.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Fan of the game, show, or both? 🙂

[@andrewgray573]

Both. Fallout as a franchise is pretty interesting. My first Fallout was FO4, but the others aren't bad RPGs. The shoe has some good ideas. It's adequate. I can't say I hate or love it, but it's clear someone at least likes it a little.

[@MM22966]

What does it taste like? (the death claw ribs, not the Nuka)

[@andrewgray573]

@MM22966 taste wise, it's mildly gamey, even more so after you tenderize it and soak it in iodine to deal with the slight radiation problem. Deathclaws are also all muscle, so the tenderizing process is super important. When barbecuing Deathclaw, the sauce is critical. While we in Texas swear by our spicy sauces, adding a bit of acid from lemon or orange is crucial to continue tenderizing the meat through the cooking process. Brining is also an effective solution - chemistry puns! - to get a good balance of toughness and juiciness.

[@HanSolo__]

Where did you get Dethclaw at this part of the year?

[@Tyrs_Finox]

It seems the net result of Russia's nuclear doctrine changes & nuclear sabre rattling is mostly to make it much more difficult for Western defense analysts to tell if Russia is serious. Good video as usual!

[@Ikbeneengeit]

Nothing says "I'm getting my arse kicked" like threatening your smaller, non-nuclear neighbor with nukes.

[@Leifenguard]

The grim reality is Ukraine is still gradually losing ground and it will be incredibly difficult to restore its borders without actual capacity to conduct unrestricted asymmetrical warfare, Russia is not losing, and its threats are meant to guarantee continual status quo in the war to eventually win.

[@ctographerm3285]

​@@Leifenguardtrue,Ukraine is losing ground at an average of 5 kilometers per year

[@derherredur4468]

@@Leifenguard True but Russia also has a lot of internal problems. The economy is on life support even while being a war economy, therefore manpower is low as they are needed to work etc. We will have to see.

[@Dark89Avenger]

Yeah, it's not like Ukraine is collapsing....oh wait.

[@Leifenguard]

@@derherredur4468 the economic issue is unlikely going to affect Russia during the war, even if the economy is in shambles, once Russia achieves its objective, nuclear deterrence will make it incredibly hard to reclaim Russian occupied territory.

[@davidanderson9664]

another banger Perun. Thanks and cheers from NYC

[@iainhansen1047]

It’s always morbidly funny to remember that the threat of world ending nuclear war never really went away, we all just got used to it/forgot.

[@kurtfrederiksen5538]

Well, you know what the joke about the Soviet Union during the Cold War was? Question: What do you call a day that the Soviet Union threatens nuclear war? Answer: Tuesday (queue Street Fighter Bison clip) But seriously, the Soviet Unions MO was more or less ask for something ridiculous they had no right to, then negotiate it back to something less, that they still had no right to. Feels like people have finally realized they never follow through and thus it is not working anymore.

[@nortyfiner]

Sadly, one of the "lessons" from Ukraine re: nuclear weapons is that Ukraine shouldn't have given up its nukes.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

Could Ukraine have afforded to keep them? They are not cheap, and Ukraine was poor.

[@Ekdrink]

@@nigelgarrett7970they afforded that awful Air Force. I’m sure they could’ve.

[@ObieOnce]

Russia never would have allowed that without bloodshed.

[@nigelgarrett7970]

​@@Ekdrink Let's go back to the 1990s. Ukraine's military budget averaged less than 800 million USD. Are you maintaining nuclear weapons with that? By contract, Russia was spending over ten times that. I couldn't find an estimate of historical spend on nuclear weapons, SIPRI estimated it at 10% in 2010. If that estimate holds, Russia's spend on nuclear weapons was greater than Ukraine's entire spend. Still think Ukraine could have afforded to maintain them?

[@tristanridley1601]

They would have ended up in the hands of terrorists, which is why the British, Americans, and Russians promised Ukraine their direct military aid if they were ever attacked. The real lesson is to get some physical guarantees, not just a paper with worthless promises. Ukraine has certainly learned that lesson.

[@wesjenkins5160]

Thanks again. Your clear eyed assessment and dry wit have made the long Sunday yawn bearable as well as informative.

[@matthew3719]

It's my favorite time of the week; Sunday morning PowerPoint time!

[@robertjohnson2325]

How do you get 12000 (30 minutes in) people standing by to watch a power point on a Sunday morning.

[@sijul6483]

The PowerPoint, or its presenter, must be both informative and have a sense of humor.

[@eddapultstab2078]

If you build it, they will come.....

[@kennypridemore5466]

Perun has more insight then the whole government of Russia and the U.S. 😊

[@robertjohnson2325]

@@kennypridemore5466 Perun is in an occupation that gives him an excellent insight into many things. His problem is not what he can find to put into the videos, but what he has to keep out of them for the sake of security.

[@whatbuttondoipush]

It's a week after this video, 7:30am PST... I'm over here spamming F5 on Perun's homepage. I need my weekly hit of the good good!

[@MsZeeZed]

Honestly since 1985 Russia’s use of Nuclear Power has given me more cause for concern than its use of Nuclear Weapons 🙀

[@StarlightSocialist]

There's currently 30 decommissioned nuclear reactors in orbit right now. All but one of them are Soviet. There used to be more but a couple didn't get make it to those graveyard orbits and instead _burned up on reentry_ One of them contaminated a huge swath of Canada and the only reason 'Kosmos 945' isn't a household name is the very low population density of the area. (I might have the number wrong, maybe 954, or 495. It's not the _only_ US-A RORSAT to have an accident, but it's the worst of the lot)

[@johnsmith1474]

Your concern is worth nothing, right? And I take it you never heard of Hanford or Fukashima?

[@jkr9594]

@@StarlightSocialist well, a reactor only Radiating large areas of barely populated land is probably still considered to be "setting new safety records" by Russian standards.

[@foreigngodx6]

Russian bots are in full force. Hey, what about all those RTGs left around in russia and other soviet republics? What about chernobyl?

[@u2beuser714]

​@@jkr9594 Its funny how Ukraine is both the mastermind of the USSR but when it comes to bad things they bear absolutely no responsibility. Like are they the masterminds or the victim of the USSR can you guys please decide for once?

[@saddlepiggy]

18:00 Patrolling the Walmart almost makes you wish for nuclear winter.

[@ИмяФамилия-е7р6и]

I can't imagine that in 1943-1945 the US did not allow the USSR army to defend itself and use American lend-lease weapons against the Third Reich. Can you imagine that?

[@ИмяФамилия-е7р6и]

@@icu17siberia What's the point of a weapon that can't be used to defend yourself? Idiocy

[@ovencore2549]

​@@ИмяФамилия-е7р6и what did every lend lease vehicle come with an assigned american officer to supervise it

[@somezsaltz6835]

Is this satirical?

[@hanzzel6086]

​​@@somezsaltz6835Undoubtedly. Russia's march to Berlin relied almost entirely on U.S trucks and engines.

[@ClannerJake]

the real problem is moscow considers all former warsaw nations "russia"

[@DIREWOLFx75]

That's a blatant lie and if you don't know that, i fear for your ability to survive the obvious absence of mental function. The former warsaw pact consisted mostly of nations that raped, pillaged and murdered millions of civillians in Russia in WWII, or in the case of Poland, after WWI. But hey, just a bit of massmurder and torture, burning people alive and all that fun stuff, nothing that bothers you when Kiev started massmurdering people for "looking too Russian" or "speaking Russian" in a nation which according to CIAs opinion polling in 2013, 70% considers Russian their native language.

[@rajeshkanungo6627]

Russians still can't comprehend that these nations hate them so much. When you tell them anything to that effect, they will give the standard answer: You are not Ukrainian, Polish, Estonian, etc. so whatever you say is wrong. And if a Polish person says that, the answer is a straight, "you are misguided. You have been brainwashed by the west."

[@gae_wead_dad_6914]

Don't need to overhyperbolize it like that, you lose credibility. They might not think of them as "Russia", but they certainly believe those countries belong in THEIR sphere of influence. Ex-Soviet republics that are now independent? That's a different story. Including the now NATO and EU ex-Soviet republics of the Baltics

[@dimas3829]

why is that problem exactly?

[@JollyGiant19]

@@dimas3829 For the same reason slavery is a problem, one is not owned.

[@TheWarriorofHonor]

I am of the opinion, that the chances for Russia using nuclear weapons are below 0.1% Here is my reasoning: Scenario A) Use of tactical Nukes: Armies are a shit target for Nukes, dispersed and dug in as they are (as Perun pointed out of course). The breach of the Nuclear Taboo would bring extreme consequences, as both China and India will put their entire weight behind punishing anyone breaching the Taboo, not to mention that Western and international support for Ukraine would sky-rocket. Russia has nothing to gain but tons upon tons of things to loose from this. Oh and if they use nukes against a Civilian target, Hitler will cease being the most detested man in history... Scenario B) Use of Strategic Nukes: Won't happen. Putin might give the order (after all you never know with facist dictators. And yes he is a facist, he openly declares himself a follower of Ivan Ilyn). But if Putin gives the order, he will be shot by his own generals. A cleptocratic Oligarchy is not the place were you find people keen on committing suicide, which use of strategic nukes is.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

Wow, way to go showing off your ignorance and delusions. Maybe you should look up the definition of facist and dictator before you throw around idiocies? "as both China and India" HAHAHAHA... Did you miss how China is massively upgrading its nukes in response to the western threats? And while India is desperately trying to stay neutral and peaceniks, they are not blind at the facism and racism rising in the west. They're less obvious about it, but India is ALSO upgrading its nuclear weapons in response to western bullying and terrorism. You don't even understand that Putin, is the MODERATE, CAUTIOUS, peacemonger in Russia. The only real critique Putin is getting from the Russian people is that he's being too nice to the west. The west FORCED this change in doctrine. Putin openly WARNED about this over a year ago, that if the west kept up the provocations, Russia would have to change its nuclear doctrine. And Putin, dear gods you're so clueless it hurts... He has now stated a presidential decree, which will now go to the parliament for discussion and eventually, enactment. Putin has less power than more than half the western leaders.

[@Saleemsan]

Sorry, flawed logic. India won't do shit, they are useless. China comes out on top, so what's not to like. re B) Oligarchs are, at heart, cowards. The thing about nukes is yes, it's unlikely, but shit happens

[@hydroplaneing]

I hope your scenario B is on Putin’s mind!

[@ricardoabh3242]

Russia always will bet on the inertia of the west. If they lose Crimea I see a few % to maybe low double digits…of the use of tactical in Ukrainian territory that is currently occupied. Roman style “salting” the well, and the fact of the age of Putin, he is thinking of his tsar legacy not is current life.

[@teresabenson3385]

Regarding scenario A, you should see today's post by Anders Puck Nielsen-- particularly his warning about assuming a dictator is rational.

[@whatewer23]

Oh boy, new Perun!

[@TheKillchain002]

your BPL cameo in the Twycross video was hilarious by the way.

[@simongolding2058]

How to soften the Nuclear Talk,with the Happy thoughts of a Perun Pillow Fort!💪🏼😂Quality Mate!

[@homebase5934]

1am drop for this video Perun? Lucky it's a public holiday today in my part of Australia. Though i doubt i will get to the 30min before falling a sleep.

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Are you in Emutopia or Kiwiland.

[@homebase5934]

@@GrahamCStrouse Roomania 🤠

[@janijaakola3179]

maaa!!! maaaa!!! powerpoint man is back!

[@pRahvi0]

Yeah, the importance Russia's official statements about their nuclear use is somewhat diminished by the fact they keep ignoring most of their own statements all the time.

[@DianeMerriam]

Add Sweden to the list of countries that could easily and quickly make a bomb of its own. They were almost there, as a non-aligned country depending only on itself, but several treaties and promises were made to convince them to shelve the system. The knowledge and supplies are still there. Almost *any* country that has nuclear power plants has access to the material for some sort of bomb and the basics of a nuclear, although inefficient, bomb is actually fairly simple in engineering terms. What was used in Japan in 1945 would be ten or twenty times as powerful now with the same material, but it still did the job at the time. Never thought I'd be one looking forward to PowerPoint presentations, but I've been watching these for over two years now without missing any. I don't expect to stop any time soon, even when the war is over if he keeps making them. Not only what he says, but giving all the references so you can verify for yourself or pass them on when someone is questioning what you learn here.

[@Hansengineering]

I remember way back when in Halo 1 where you'd toss a grenade at your feet when you were about to die. "FUCKING DEATH GRENADE!" you'd hear from across the room. So yeah, nuclear weapons.

[@johnsmith1474]

It's a sad testimony to current levels of ignorance when people recount "they remember" then refer to an idiotic video game.

[@Hansengineering]

@@johnsmith1474 fun fact: Halo 1 saved several people in my unit from death or dismemberment in Iraq in 2004. But go on with your internet bullshit self.

[@cosmosyn2514]

@@johnsmith1474 oh wow people remembering when they were having fun was bad. but its only bad because it had technology unlike your valid nontechnological fun, right?

[@ctographerm3285]

​@@cosmosyn2514look, the only time these people held anything digital was when they got hired in their troll farms. They were too damn poor years ago to even know wtf is Halo.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

​@@johnsmith1474you must have been around when fuel still had lead in it

[@thunderbug8640]

There are only two real ways to deal with the threat of nukes. Ignore them completely or bow to them completely. I’m all for the former, considering the latter is arguably worse.

[@stephensuddick1896]

Nope. In this case, there is only one way.

[@gow1044]

Why would you say that?

[@SoloRenegade]

@@gow1044 becasue he's right. don't bow to threats of dictators.

[@richardarriaga6271]

Pretend you ignore, but keep a robust nuclear and nuclear defense force in your pocket.

[@SoloRenegade]

@@richardarriaga6271 better to keep a highly capable and overwhelming conventional reaction in your pocket, and a strong and very large anti-nuke defense. Responding in kind with nukes is not wise. Make it understood the use of nukes will not be tolerated, by anyone.

[@latso10]

I am also considering changing my personal nuclear doctrine, so this is very timely

[@kristoferhindersson]

I think the supporters of Ukraine’s right to self defence against a belligerent Russia has to decide once and for all what kind of world they want to live in. One were we just roll over on our back whenever someone with nukes decides they wants to roll over the border to a neighbouring country and grab some territory, or one were rule of law and international agreements are upheld.

[@personzorz]

Nuclear blackmail must be ignored. Otherwise, it'll be constantly happening everywhere.

[@BarsMonster]

Please clarify what should Lebanon do in the world of rule of law and international agreements. How about Iraq? Afghanistan? Rule of law and international agreements are dead for 20 years already while you and many other did or said nothing.

[@e4arakon]

@@BarsMonster thats the neat thing, as long as you are the reigning superpower you get to make the rules. Like the rule that says only nations are protected by international law, and you get to say who counts as a nation ^^

[@Hekovashi]

​@@BarsMonsterhe from US or uk,, aka rules are for thee, but not for me

[@kristoferhindersson]

@@BarsMonster I dislike whataboutism in general and consider it a form of propaganda and an attempt to deflect against and obfuscate issues. Netanyahu is a sob and obviously mostly concerned with his own political survival and appeasing the rightwing settler movement, and I think what is going on atm in Ghaza and Lebanon is horrific but are you sugeesting that this somehow, makes what the russians are doing in Ukraine right?

[@LouigiVerona]

All experts keep discussing the question of whether Russia will use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. They then talk about how this is not going to help Russia's war effort. Let's be honest. Russia is not threatening to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine. They are threatening an all out nuclear war. Experts also keep repeating "tactical nuclear weapons". I don't think that this is what Russia means. They don't mean tactical, they very clearly mean strategic. They are basically playing a game of chicken: if you supply weapons to Ukraine, we're going to essentially destroy all of humanity. That's the game they're playing. And our response to it, as the collective West, has been very poor. Instead of firmly supporting Ukraine from day one, we've chosen to basically allow Putin to continue destroying Ukraine bit by bit.

[@attilamarics3374]

Well, supporting ukraine was a bad idea. The west should have supported proper diplomatic talks and agreements, not fakery.

[@LouigiVerona]

@@attilamarics3374 A Kremlin bot enters the chat

[@attilamarics3374]

@@LouigiVerona Nice argument.

[@rettro6578]

@@LouigiVeronaYou have no arguments only ad hominems.

[@Lovi89]

​@@attilamarics3374there was a proper diplomatic way... Budapest Memorandum. Russia signed it, and violated it. Was it worth it? Nope.

[@jamielondon6436]

I think it's very sensible to pay close attention to these Russian loudmouths (like "Bluffy McBluffface" Medvedev or "Moscow Dimi" Peskov). Whenever they scream the loudest, we know we're doing the right thing. Important information to have. :-)

[@dimas3829]

ah, yes, the toothless Medvedev screaming out his lungs truly shows something.. your stupidity to pay attention to such, maybe?

[@jamielondon6436]

@@dimas3829 It feels like you did not quite get the point of my post …

[@sjonnieplayfull5859]

​@@dimas3829it shows that the thing he is shouting about is hurting his Master

[@dimas3829]

@@sjonnieplayfull5859 meh. His "master" quickly closed off all Medvedev's reforms and jailed majority of Medvedev's leaches that tried to steal from the government under him. All in all, Medvedev is like chihuahua dog, consisting half of rage and half of fear. His opinion is irrelevant to everyone including Putin.

[@obsidianrazor]

Glad to see Perun managed to get out of that Hetzer...

[@kieranhosty]

He kept the fish though. Their names are Shoigu and Lavrov.

[@das_III]

​@@kieranhosty Did they came with ammunitions?

[@scottmacgregor3444]

Hetzer's gonna Hetz?

[@kieranhosty]

@@das_III how do you think he got the fish out?

[@jeremy____5747]

Dang, still nothing on those Chechen Cybertruck technicals?

[@GrahamCStrouse]

Apparently it was remotely deactivated…

[@jeremy____5747]

@@GrahamCStrouse Hmm, I'm starting to have my doubts about those things.

[@vos2693]

​@@jeremy____5747welcome to the future, now you can be remotely epsteined by your own car, how exciting.

[@LuckyFlanker13]

Ah, what a wonderful sunday - a fish for breakfast and another of Perun's aamazing powerpoints. What could be better.

[@danielpeirson3071]

Another great vid Aussie. #StandWithKiwiland #StopEmuAggression

[@snowfish7294]

#StopMagpies

[@kaiying74]

2:20 - Woohoo World ending super-weapons!!!! Let's get this Sunday powerpoint going!! Church was boring anyway...

[@noradrenalin8062]

Ah, yes! Australian PowerPoint to help me procastinate making my own PowerPoint.

[@mauritsbol4806]

Laws in russia are like positions. One day you strategically position Kherson is yours. The next day you accept it is not. It is just standard bargaining theory. To claim as much as possible, to try and get more than you otherwise would've.

[@johnneutralobserver5944]

Excellent presentation. The usual Perun exceptional take on a sensitive and complex problem that is as much info and psyche warfare as it is about the nuclear toolkit. great presentation!

[@glenhenning9261]

Brilliant presentation, as always!

[@Mefostofiles84]

Perun, prophet of the upcoming Nuclear Apocalipse :D Thank you once more, Perun. Eager to see your take on the subject.

[@michaeljf6472]

... Thursday Friday Saturday Perunday

[@hungrymusicwolf]

I love that he's consistent enough to make that a valid joke.

[@andresmartinezramos7513]

Mufasa Hmm? You know we finally here, right? Where are we? It's Friday then Then Saturday, Sunday (what?)

[@B_r_u_c_e]

Perun is a gift to the world.

[@thelazy0ne]

Thank you for the effort to clarify things regarding this topic.

[@TheSpectre667]

Great video, the pillow fort was not noticeable. (but I do enjoy the imagination of sitting under a blanket and reading like we did as kids...)

[@darrencorrigan8505]

Thanks, Perun.

[@SecularFelinist]

Assuming Vlad's nuclear stockpile is in better shape than it's conventional forces.

[@user-vo3st8kx7s]

At least, the nuclear stockpile is less likely to be droned.

[@mjl1966y]

That's my argument. If they're willing to gut their conventional forces, which they might actually need, what is keeping the same forces of corruption from gutting nuclear forces, which are merely a deterrent? Conventional forces need to be effective. Nuclear forces only need to APPEAR effective. And given the lack of success with recent missile tests and the known cost of maintaining nuclear weapons, I'm genuinely skeptical as to the state of Russia's nuclear arsenal. If you live in a culture of corruption, I don't see how it's going to be magically segregated between different branches of the armed forces.

[@JohnDoe-zn4bg]

I thought Perun stopped making videos. Turns out YT is just not showing it..... gonna take a good minute to catch up

[@everettputerbaugh3996]

Sir, your pillow fort worked well. I did not notice any issues, and my hearing aids were aimed at the old Bose radio.

[@raihanwidodo1042]

Watching Perun reminds me of peak covid era online college, Powerpoint on the second monitor HOI4 on the main

[@GrigoriZhukov]

We crossed that red line... crickets.

[@aleksandrs1422]

Ukraine move to NATO was a red line, and Russia seems to have enforced it. But, no damage to Ukraine deters any NATO action, so Russia seems to have realised That's why they're trying to come up with something 🤷‍♂️

[@derherredur4468]

@@aleksandrs1422 doesn't seemed to be a problem in Nato Russian Founding act of 97. But yeah lets just break the Helsinki accords and the treaty of Friendship and the budapest memorandum and humanitarian law to enforce some red lines about national security as a power with a nuclear deterrent. Makes sense.

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@derherredur4468 what I'm not sure I follow. If you mean that Russians were scrambling to reassure NATO Russia's no threat after they realized (between 1994 and 1996) that NATO expansion talks are ramping up behind the scenes despite the previous assurances to the contrary, yes they were Russia tried for decades to get NATO back to the table, and to keep the framework of treaties that kept peace in Europe (Russians thought) better than NATO military domination of the continent would. Didn't work. ABM, CFE, INF, Open Skies, soon the START too - all gone Smaller bilateral security treaties will of course crumble under the pressure of a diplomatically unreliable huge military superpower that will not be constrained by regional overarching framework aggreements 🤷‍♂️

[@ASlickNamedPimpback]

@@aleksandrs1422 Ukraine never tried to move to NATO, the only treaty regarding NATO was when Ukraine signed over its nuclear arsenal in exchange for Russia never attacking Ukraine.

[@aleksandrs1422]

@@ASlickNamedPimpback yeah not the case in several ways, NATO membership discussions in 00s, Budapest 2008 statemets clearly said Ukraine is moving in the NATO direction. And, Russia Ukraine Friendship treaty put restrictions on Ukraine membership in military blocks, as well as put other obligations on Ukraine. Which is exactly why Russia was alarmed. By that time NATO proved itself unreliable, but Russia assumed NATO non expansion to Ukraine is guaranteed via bilateral treaty. Clear intention to breach or annul the treaty freaked Russia out, and was one of the major reasons Russia did a Georgia in 2008.

[@patrickjordan2233]

Putin - "I want things that go boom" The Kit..."Okay! We'll start with in-situ..."

[@SpookyEng1]

Great coverage of a very serious topic. Well done!

[@AWildTWOcard]

Well, as a child of the Cold War. Being threatened with a nuke is the same as being threatened with lower taxes. "All hoot and no hat"

[@cia6264]

Perunday its here 🤙

[@teme82]

Have to say your sound person did fine job. :)

[@ElDoombot]

This is always the best Sunday breakfast.

[@isabelleclavering4397]

I'm seven and a half minutes in and already amazed. You managed to use "Kier Starmer" and "spice UP" in the same sentence without laughing.

[@Lorendrawn]

I was playing Sing About Me in the background while watching this video and when Perun said "And the missiles start flying" - the gunshots popped off in the song.

[@2600seraph2600]

NATO hasn't even been a remote hypothetical trait and has, 100% objectively never invaded or attempted to invade Russia or Russia's interest. On the other hand, Russia has repeatedly invaded it's non-NATO neighbors again, and again, and again, and again. Don't pull up a colored map of alliance growth, but rather of military action versus neighbors and it will be obvious... NATO is almost comically peaceful. Russia is extremely aggressive. It totally makes sense why regional countries would pursue NATO membership like their lives depend on it... because it does

[@kemarisite]

Yep. Perun has previously observed that if Russia was ever actually worried about NATO then the thing to do is wait peacefully within its own borders for a couple of decades until NATO breaks up for lack of a reason to exist.

[@AppleBiscuits]

The spirit of Gandhi lives on.

[@dimas3829]

"Meat's on the table, boys!"

[@kalinmir]

@@dimas3829 ???

[@dimas3829]

@@kalinmir it's all joke, my dude. Caricature version of Ghandi is warmonger meat-eater, which is fun, considering he was total opposite in real life.

[@kalinmir]

@@dimas3829 your quote is wrong

[@eddievhfan1984]

That integer overflow bug always comes back to haunt us.

[@jpa5038]

Yes, Russia has changed its military doctrine. It now prefers missiles that blow up in their silos rather than ones that can successfully launch out of them.

[@jerrywatson1958]

Excellent analysis as always!😊

[@homelessmotherofnine9577]

Beast, new Perun vid

[@Cancun771]

Nuclear blackmail is something not even the United States had a whole lot of success with when they did it _constantly_ during the few years when they actually held the nuclear monopoly. There's a whole part of Oliver Stone's _The Untold History of the United States_ about it, very enlightening. Chapter three.

[@spaceface124]

This is what my mind goes to whenever someone suggests 'just accepting Russia's demands to end the war, because they can use nukes'. So, should other nuclear powers be allowed to do the same?

[@DIREWOLFx75]

"Nuclear blackmail" Maybe you should go look out the window, do a realitycheck? It's not RUSSIA that is blackmailing anyone. They are RESPONDING to western provocations that have been constantly increasing for many years. The SMO started in part because Zellenski proclaimed how he was getting nukes and was going to USE THEM, at the munich conference 2022. Guess why USA ordered Russia not to touch its "nuclear technology" at the Zaporoche nuclear power plant in early 2023? Which just happens to be where Ukraine just so happens to have stockpiled its fissile materials for making nuclear weapons. Oh, but the real kicker, is the fact that Russia COULD commit a preemptive strike and have a chance to survive, because it has the best airdefences in the world, and a MUCH more powerful nuclear arsenal than USA. But Russia has instead spent the last 30+ years with a nuclear doctrine that is 100% superdefensive. But now that Russia makes its doctrine CLOSER to that of USA, suddenly, THEY are to blame for incessant western provocations. Yay... Hypocrisy rules...

[@adityamohan8514]

Russia is right

[@Cancun771]

@@icu17siberia That is called _deterrence,_ not blackmail. Nuclear blackmail was when the USA tried to make other countries comply with their demands on threat of nuking them. Trade and such. There is a difference.

[@DIREWOLFx75]

@@icu17siberia Yeah, because a nation that has just lost 15% of its population and over 50% of its industry and is completely devastated beyond belief is totally going to start a war of conquest. Suuure. On the other side, we have the lunatics headed by Patton, the ones that wanted USA to ally with Germany to "deal with the real enemy". USSR didn't start the cold war any more than Russia started the UA war.

[@jaybitsack6598]

The reality of post-Soviet (aka Russian) Nuclear Doctrine/Policy is such that the constant changes/upgrades/evolution is more indicative of an ever-increasing level of perceived - or better yet - self-inflicted insecurity amongst the Kremlin leadership than it is any real external threat that's been evolving since the collapse of the Soviet Union. As such, what the world is witnessing - more than likely as a result of the evolving SMO in Ukraine - is a manifestation of Putin's perceived vulnerability as seen from the perspective of Russia's closest allies. As the conflict in Ukraine continues and the fact that Ukraine is becoming increasingly capable of inflicting considerable damage to Russia's military - not to mention to Russia's reputation as a military superpower - Putin is finding himself in an increasingly precarious political situation. As is the case for most - if not all -dictators, they need an enemy to vilify in order to justify their existence and their on-going hold on power. Ergo, as Ukraine makes more and more progress toward defeating Russian forces, both in occupied and now in actual Russian territories, Putin finds it necessary to artificially elevate the threat level coming from external sources (i.e., the WESTERN nations supporting Ukraine's defensive); and he continually does so by rattling the nuclear sabre. Bottom line: Doctrine/policy - as defined by Russia - is fundamentally meaningless. It's little more than hollow hyperbole. Truth be told, neither Putin nor the Russian military will resort to using nuclear weapons without risking their ultimate termination/extermination. Let's remember what happened during the Cuban missile crisis. It was a lone submarine commander who chose not to start WWIII. And what was Kruschev's fate following the CMC???? He was removed from power and replaced. So, since Putin is such a self-proclaimed history buff, he's likely well-aware of the fact that when playing with nuclear matches, he's more than likely to get burned. Xi has made this very clear. PS - If Russia's ability to utilize its nuclear weapons was placed in jeopardy (say by the use of conventional weapons), the key question becomes who would be blamed and subsequently targeted? This aspect of Russia's new nuclear doctrine is a good example (IMO) of how utterly nebulous/obfuscated the underlying thinking that went into its creation actually happens to be. It definitely seems to be another manifestation of heightened level of insecurity Putin himself is feeling. Does he have a tipping point... maybe. But, just like Hitler did when he perceived that his demise was inevitable, he ended his own life. Putin is more likely to do the same than push that nuclear button when the SMO is recognized as a complete failure. And the quicker we reach that point, the better the world (aka all of humanity) will be.

[@mikekopack6441]

Great job. Honestly you always say sound issues but your sound guy must be amazing because I never can tell anything was wrong!

[@noodow8796]

28:40 PowerPoint correction - “‘support’ of a nuclear one” (removed the non) Great video as always

[@andybettistube]

Typo: at 28:55 there's an extra 'non' in the first bullet point.

[@Dcook85]

US: "We pledge never to use nuclear weapons against a non-nuclear weapon state...........from this point forward at least"

[@michaelmoynihan1888]

would love a perun - drachinifel crossover unfortunately everything after that would be a let down

[@StarlightSocialist]

Idk, Perun did a Battletech crossover with TheBlackPantsLegion and covered the defense economics of the Hetzer tank. Which was amazing. If he did a colab with Drac it would be absolutely fantastic, but even though I can't _imagine_ what he could possibly do to top it, I'm confident he would find something _anyway_

[@kemarisite]

O. M. G., I could just see them going on about the comparative efficiency and defense economics of the German surface fleet in WW2, and the resulting Wehraboo eruption to them talking about the Bismarcks and Admital Hippers.

[@ahabkapitany]

I so look forward to these on Sundays

[@Warpcaller]

Great job as always, keep up the great work!

[@AquaMidget]

Russia: We will nuke you Ukraine: No balls

[@torinnbalasar6774]

As a shadow on nuclear-bleached concrete, life's going pretty well in the States.

[@stug77]

"If he tells you show is white, he's lyin'."

[@kennypridemore5466]

Our leadership needs to employ perun and give him a big weekly pay check 😊

[@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156]

Perun, my Man, I have to say: The fact that your clever deadpan humour is so good is only made better by the idea that somewhere, General Ben Hodges is laughing at the same funny shit we are. 😂❤

[@Cancun771]

"... is that the whole point of the Doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret. *_Why didn't you tell the world, eh??!1"_* - Dr. Strangelove -