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FlyingFlipPhone t1_itjt8af wrote

I'm trying to figure out the endgame for a dirty bomb. Obviously, the land would be useless for a certain number of years (depending upon the radioactive element). Different elemental isotopes have different half-lives and different radioactive emissions. As we have seen, Chernobyl is STILL uninhabitable. Would Russia purify a Radon bomb? This would have a much shorter "radioactive decay chain" with a much shorter decay schedule. Let's assume that this "purified" bomb would be leave the land contaminated for 1 year. I still don't understand the endgame!

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RogueM99 t1_itksexm wrote

my personal opinion is that he is trying to goad nations into a war, in order for others who back Russia to join in with the hopes of making a quick and crippling attack against the biggest players and establishing their side as the ruling order in the world.

Almost like the countries behind these agitations already have everything set and ready, waiting for the right time to press the button. In the end you don't want to be seen as the sole perpetrator of this transition but rather make it feel like the natural order after the dust settles, hence enticing more people to go along and squash most revolts and agitators against the new order from the get go.

No proof, just what my crazy mind sees as a possible driver after reading and watching all of this unfold.

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BLRNerd t1_itnep8d wrote

There's been an increasing number of people here in the states that want them at a table/Ukraine to give in to Russian demands, especially Conservative

If a dirty bomb does go off, right before a crucial election in the States, it's going to play right into Republicans' hands, a group that is already in bed with Putin

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