RedDevilQuebecois
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The real bonehead move is that Russia fired missiles directly in areas that have zero strategic value at this point in time of the war.It seems extremely stupid for Russian if it was intentional to fire a rocket at Poland to hit a tractor and kill two innocent civilians in a NATO country.
The consequences are catastrophic and would do nothing other than stir up a hornets nest of shit considering they can barely fight the Ukraine with NATO support as it is.
My vibe is it was either Ukrainian or somebody is about to be killed in Russia for their incompetence. In any event, the damage is now that there’s going to be significant increase is air defence in Ukraine from NATO.
If Russia can deliberately release a Chemical attack on Salisbury without NATO responding militarily then I don't think two possibly stray missiles is going to lead to Armageddon. If the pattern persists the response will be proportional.
The only satisfying and proportional answer from NATO at this stage is to either 1) send destroyers to protect shipping lanes in the Black Sea, 2) isolate Kaliningrad even more (build the wall and make Russia pay for it), or 3) even do both.