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Originally Posted by Dozer_EAF19
Also from memory - the Chenobyl disaster did a lot to persuade some of the USSR's more hawkish generals that the prospects of a 'clean', limited, no-nukes conventional war were non-existant. So when Poland led the defection of Eastern European nations from glorious Marxism to degenerate capitalism, the consensus was that military intervention was not possible - even 'conventional' warfare would involve airstrikes on both side's nuclear power stations, the fallout from which would strike the whole world and probably bring in NATO as 'peacekeepers'. The Chenobyl distaster may have indirectly saved many more lives than it took!
I wish I could remember where I read this. Very probably a library book. Should maybe see if they have long-term records of what I've borrowed...
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1st: They discovered fall-out before Chernobyl
2nd: Chernobyl was in 1986
3rd: The USSR collapsed in 1991
Conclusion: There were only 4 years left for the USSR. During that time they never had a realistic chance to win any war against the west.
We could also discuss how bad this Ukrainian disaster really was. The countermeasures in (W-)Europe were, maybe, a little over the top.
