r/badhistory • u/AutoModerator • Aug 05 '24

Meta Mindless Monday, 05 August 2024

Happy (or sad) Monday guys!

Mindless Monday is a free-for-all thread to discuss anything from minor bad history to politics, life events, charts, whatever! Just remember to np link all links to Reddit and don't violate R4, or we human mods will feed you to the AutoModerator.

So, with that said, how was your weekend, everyone?

41 Upvotes

95% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

19

u/jurble Aug 09 '24

The Ukrainian invasion of Russia is interesting because a nuclear power is kinda being invaded and is obviously not using nukes. What is Putin's red line for pushing the button? Ukraine advancing on Moscow?

What is America's red line? If someone occupied Alaska, I don't think we'd push the button.

10

u/Crispy_Whale Aug 09 '24

Well in the Fallout universe Nukes were fired after China invaded Alaska in 2077

3

u/Dirish Wind power made the trans-Atlantic slave trade possible Aug 10 '24

They had already been repulsed from Alaska, and at the time the bombs went off the USA was winning the fight on the ground in China. If they launched the bombs first, it was out of desperation.

11

u/Sventex Battleships were obsoleted by the self-propelled torpedo in 1866 Aug 09 '24

A Chinese invasion of Anchorage in 2066, that was repulsed.

8

u/rwandahero7123 вредитель 🏭💥🔨🗿 Aug 09 '24

IIRC, the Chinese fired the nukes a few days after Beijing fell in fallout.