Reality Check: A "No-Fly-Zone" Over Ukraine Means WW3

[Ontario]

A no-fly zone is not a magic dome of cosy protection put in place with a snap of the fingers and enforced without a shot being fired.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/u ... er-ukraine
A no-fly zone is a declaration of war. It does NOT save lives. That’s a lie to trick stupid people into calling for escalation.

A no-fly zone will require NATO to shoot down any Russian aircraft that enter the airspace.

It will lead to inevitable retaliation from the Russians who will shoot down NATO aircraft & attack NATO anti-aircraft batteries. Thousands more will die immediately.

And since Russia already has its nuclear weapons on high alert any imposition of a no-fly zone Ukraine has a very high chance of immediate escalation to nuclear war.

And no, that would NOT be an exchange of tactical battlefield nukes. It would be strategic ICBMs.

Thousands of kilotons of nuclear weapons unleashed on every major city in the Northern hemisphere from San Diego to Moscow.

The war would suddenly be a mushroom cloud in YOUR backyard.

[tribrac]

I thought the UN was supposed to prevent these kinds of wars....you know the ones between nuclear powers, in Europe and involving members of the security council.

[mudflap]

A no-fly zone is not a magic dome of cosy protection put in place with a snap of the fingers and enforced without a shot being fired.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/u ... er-ukraine
A no-fly zone is a declaration of war. It does NOT save lives. That’s a lie to trick stupid people into calling for escalation.

A no-fly zone will require NATO to shoot down any Russian aircraft that enter the airspace.

It will lead to inevitable retaliation from the Russians who will shoot down NATO aircraft & attack NATO anti-aircraft batteries. Thousands more will die immediately.

And since Russia already has its nuclear weapons on high alert any imposition of a no-fly zone Ukraine has a very high chance of immediate escalation to nuclear war.

And no, that would NOT be an exchange of tactical battlefield nukes. It would be strategic ICBMs.

Thousands of kilotons of nuclear weapons unleashed on every major city in the Northern hemisphere from San Diego to Moscow.

The war would suddenly be a mushroom cloud in YOUR backyard.

Agreed. except - I think Russia has their nuclear weapons personnel on high alert to guard against false-flag attacks, in which the US is well practiced.

[InfoWarrior82]

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[NeveR]

A no-fly zone is not a magic dome of cosy protection put in place with a snap of the fingers and enforced without a shot being fired.
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/u ... er-ukraine
A no-fly zone is a declaration of war. It does NOT save lives. That’s a lie to trick stupid people into calling for escalation.

A no-fly zone will require NATO to shoot down any Russian aircraft that enter the airspace.

It will lead to inevitable retaliation from the Russians who will shoot down NATO aircraft & attack NATO anti-aircraft batteries. Thousands more will die immediately.

And since Russia already has its nuclear weapons on high alert any imposition of a no-fly zone Ukraine has a very high chance of immediate escalation to nuclear war.

And no, that would NOT be an exchange of tactical battlefield nukes. It would be strategic ICBMs.

Thousands of kilotons of nuclear weapons unleashed on every major city in the Northern hemisphere from San Diego to Moscow.

The war would suddenly be a mushroom cloud in YOUR backyard.

I just looked at the link and it's not the article you're quoting.

[tribrac]

Nato announces they will not fight in Ukraine...

Damn. That means they will be fighting within a month.

[Ontario]

US gives green light to Poland to supply fighter jets | Ukraine uses Soviet-made MiGs, Su Jets |WION

https://thehill.com/homenews/administra ... light-says

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Sunday that plans for Poland to send a fighter jets to Ukraine have gotten "the green light" from the U.S. and that the Biden administration would work to backfill those needs.

Host Margaret Brennan on CBS's "Face the Nation" asked Blinken, "If, for instance, the Polish government, a NATO member, wants to send fighter jets, does that get a green light from the U.S.?"

"That gets the green light. In fact, we're talking with our Polish friends right now about what we might be able to backfill their needs if in fact they choose to provide these fighter jets to the Ukrainians. What can we do? How can we help to make sure that they get something to backfill the planes that they're handing over to the Ukrainians?" said Blinken, who is currently in Moldova, Ukraine's southeastern neighboring country.