That's the worst they can do. I doubt the operational readiness of their nukes. But NATO doesn't want to take any chances.
I bet most of their tactical and ICBM nukes are duds. They'll probably end up nuking themselves. Just look at their pathetic military hardware/electronics, they are losing buyers too, ha!
https://asiatimes.com/2022/03/russias-arms-sales-could-go-to-zero-over-ukraine/
Russia’s arms sales could go to zero over Ukraine
The poor performance of Russian equipment deployed in the Ukraine war is bound to be giving global buyers second thoughts
by
Stephen Bryen March 8, 2022
How can it be that a large Russian army attacking force, capable of causing untold destruction, is being checkmated and systematically devastated by Ukraine’s military, in particular its special forces?
And what impact will this have on the Russian army and its industrial backbone, the Russian companies that build the tanks, armored personnel carriers, mobile air defenses and aircraft including fixed-wing and helicopters – all of which have suffered extreme losses in the conflict?
Russia’s exports consist of various commodities, most prominently wheat, oil and gas, and armaments. Before the Ukraine war, Russian arms sales were doing brisk business with an order book running at around $55 billion.
Russia was able to offer capable weapons at a considerable discount over Western companies jousting for the same market and, in some cases, systems that outmatched the competition, such as the Russia-made
S-400 air defense system.
But now, with Russian armor, fighter jets, helicopters and mobile air defense systems being blasted by Ukrainian fighters for the world to see, a once rosy sales outlook for Moscow’s arms builders is looking grim.