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    Economic and military responses if Russia uses nuclear weapons in Ukraine

    9 Potential U.S./NATO Responses if Russia Uses Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine

    Any Russian use of nuclear weapons in or around Ukraine requires a decisive a and damaging conventional response. Otherwise, various nuclear-armed states including China, North Korea, and perhaps eventually Iran will conclude that nuclear coercion through demonstration use is a viable path to consolidate revisionist gains.

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    Appropriate US/NATO Military Responses: Regional

    •Sink all Russian military vessels in Black Sea

    •Strike Russian military facilities and major equipment in occupied Crimea and Belarus.

    •NATO airstrikes against Russian command posts and artillery assets in Ukraine

    •Destroy Kerch Bridge

    •Use QUICKSTRIKE-ER air-delivered standoff mines to close Kaliningrad and Baltiysk naval bases

    •Provide Ukraine with ATACMS, allow them to be used for strikes into Russia

    Appropriate US/NATO Military Responses: Global

    •Strike Russian bases at Tartus and Hmeimim in Syria

    •Consider sinking some Russian Navy surface vessels at sea

    US/OECD Economic and Diplomatic Responses

    •Seize all locatable Russian economic and property assets, liquidate them as needed to fund nuclear cleanup and reconstruction in Ukraine

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