It needed to be out of the range of Soviet air defences, particularly aircraft, so it couldn't be shot down. Now, as air defences got better, as each side began developed aircraft that could intercept bombers, that could fly up and shoot down enemy aircraft, one of the crucial things was, if you're going to take good quality photographs, you need to do it at height.īut in order to do that, that aircraft had to have some very, very special properties. Under the code name "Bald Eagle" the USAF began to solicit designs for an aircraft capable of the dangerous reconnaissance overflights of the Soviet Union. The gathering of photographic aerial intelligence was deemed essential. No information had come out of the Soviet Union since the Second World War, and the US government was increasingly talking about a missile gap, and the idea that the Soviet Union were technologically superior. "There will be no winners and you will be drawn into this conflict against your own will.”īut some say he may be bluffing in his warnings, suggesting he views the nuclear card as a way to deter any western or European direct involvement in Ukraine.In the mid-1950s, the United States was desperate to know what was going on behind the Iron Curtain. In early February, during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, he hinted he would be willing to press the big red button after he said: "Russia is a military superpower and a nuclear superpower. In recent months, Putin has made several thinly veiled threats over Russia's nuclear capabilities. While powerful, their blasts are typically smaller by a factor of 60 or more compared to Russia's ICBMs, some of which carry multiple thermonuclear warheads.
These warheads can be fitted to cruise missiles, torpedoes, or bombs to obliterate things like bunkers, naval bases, or air defences. "There's some talk of him using tactical battlefield nukes, I guess that would be slightly more likely but I would be very surprised if Putin went that far, just because of the risks it would entail."īattlefield nukes are designed to be used on a smaller scale than their larger counterparts - on the battlefield or for a limited strike.
"I think there's a behavioural predisposition, maybe a behavioural intent, but I do not think he's delusional enough to use ballistic nuclear missiles and definitely not ICBMs - but that's just speculation.
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