> what are the political implications of moscow coming under the range of us made ballistic missiles? it's why nato wanted to take ukraine and make it a member.  nato's only reason d'etra is to make war on the boogie man, the fake threat, russia.  it's why nato allowed turkey in; usa cbms would be placed there to nuke the soviet union with almost no warning, same reason why the soviets put missiles in cuba in the 1960s. tl:dr yes, to defeat the mutually assured destruction principle. first strike capabilities
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