Atomic bombs are not weapons:
A weapon is an instrument with which one can harm or kill others (whether animal or human). This is likely to be a widespread view.
But what if there is a “weapon” that automatically shoots a second bullet in the opposite direction at the same time as it shoots, always with deadly effect for the shooter?
The shooter dies as well as the victim.
Such a strange rifle would probably not be touched and would not be called a weapon.
Therefore, the understanding of atomic bombs is different.
They are not weapons, but anxiety-generating mechanisms.
The anxiety is created as a deterrent to the other side not to use such a strange “weapon”, otherwise it will lead to fatal damage to both sides.
Therefore, the generation of fear must be fueled and maintained again and again through new tests and exercises, additional technical improvements, further upgrades, etc.
Therefore, nuclear weapons have always been defensive in their anxiety-mongering.
This has changed with Putin’s new strategy: he is now using the fear generation of “nuclear weapons” offensively in order to wage a conventional war under the protective shield of this anxiety generation with as little but at least reduced resistance as possible and to be able to advance further under the protective umbrella of the anxiety created.
Part of conventional warfare in Ukraine is now becoming to a very large extent the creation of anxiety in the opponent and his supporters through all possibilities of influence in other countries.
The lie is a central strategic weapon because it becomes the center of deception.
The deception happens in two directions:
a) The creation of hopes of any kind, i.e.. for negotiations, which are not intended, and
b) the corresponding creation of anxiety.
Both are intended to weaken the will to resist by controlling the behavior of potential opposing forces in order to achieve their own goals.
Putin’s lie when he took Crimea in 2014 that they were not Russian soldiers created exactly what is central to World War III: invisibility through confusion and deception while conquering more and more strategic positions, accumulating not only land but also useful idiots. Useful idiots are people, who are abused as ignorant helpers or with the corruption of individual advantages for purposes that they themselves do not understand, especially in connection with Russian propaganda. Former CIA chief Michael Hayden had described Donald Trump as “Putin’s useful idiot” after his election as president.
