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why not? in earlier times they did get the F-86D which was modern interceptor for its timeIMHO:
NO.
mirage and A-7 can be bought again before they go nuclear rather than wasting money later on mig-29 in 1980s
why not? in earlier times they did get the F-86D which was modern interceptor for its timeIMHO:
NO.
I have my doubts any NATO nation would want to sell strike air craft to a nation that might conceivably use them to deliver nuclear weapons to targets in fellow NATO nations.why not? in earlier times they did get the F-86D which was modern interceptor for its time
mirage and A-7 can be bought again before they go nuclear rather than wasting money later on mig-29 in 1980s
Assuming Yugoslavia gets nukes and assuming Yugoslavia gets some way to launch them and assuming it collapses into civil war, multiple countries and ethnic cleansing... would NATO bomb it? It's tempting to believe the French would be ok with risking a nuclear attack on their soil (or the Americans if the Serbs manage to sneak nukes to the USA via cargo ships or something) if the Serbs fire tactical nukes at NATO airbases in Italy. But would they?Aircraft will most likely be used alongside Luna M missiles. Low kiloton yield in any case.
Poorly. Yugoslavia was heavily dependant on foreign assistance and loans, without which it would fall appart in civil war.
Serbs may use it in 99 against Tuzla since they attempted an attack on the airport because it was used by NATO during bombing. They'd most likely threaten it's use in order to give themselves more time to finish ethnic exterminations and displacements.
They'll get isolated and turn into North Korea.
I can't imagine NATO would let a nuclear attack on a NATO nation go unanswered.Assuming Yugoslavia gets nukes and assuming Yugoslavia gets some way to launch them and assuming it collapses into civil war, multiple countries and ethnic cleansing... would NATO bomb it? It's tempting to believe the French would be ok with risking a nuclear attack on their soil (or the Americans if the Serbs manage to sneak nukes to the USA via cargo ships or something) if the Serbs fire tactical nukes at NATO airbases in Italy. But would they?
ok maybe A-7 is out , can the mirage 5 be bought ostentatiously as interceptors ?I have my doubts any NATO nation would want to sell strike air craft to a nation that might conceivably use them to deliver nuclear weapons to targets in fellow NATO nations.
They would start their nuclear weapons program. But would the French president or the British Prime Minister risk a nuclear attack on Paris or London to prevent Italy and Germany from starting their own nuclear programs? In other words, is the nuclear umbrella a bluff?I can't imagine NATO would let a nuclear attack on a NATO nation go unanswered.
If for some reason NATO didn't respond I would forsee a number of Nations staring their own nuclear weapons programs.
Frankly I am doubtful NATO nations would want to sell any military equipment beyond perhaps small arms to a Yugoslavia that obtained their own nuclear weapons thru a clandestine process.ok maybe A-7 is out , can the mirage 5 be bought ostentatiously as interceptors ?
otherwise soviets are highly unlikely to sell any strike planes to them and mig-21MF would be unable to carry such a weapon
even in OTL the yugoslavs got nothing from the west after 1970Frankly I am doubtful NATO nations would want to sell any military equipment beyond perhaps small arms to a Yugoslavia that obtained their own nuclear weapons thru a clandestine process.
i do not see situation getting that bad , foreign powers would take a lot closer interest in the whole affair and much earlier to prevent this from happeningThey would start their nuclear weapons program. But would the French president or the British Prime Minister risk a nuclear attack on Paris or London to prevent Italy and Germany from starting their own nuclear programs? In other words, is the nuclear umbrella a bluff?
Politically, what happens, in an ATL Yugoslavian civil war, if NATO prepares to intervene and the Serb president states it will target airbases in non nuclear armed countries, such as Italy, with nuclear weapons at the start of the hostilities?
and if the break up did happen, this might end up sooner or later a Third Balkans War.Best case scenario: Yugoslavia breaks up more like how the Soviet Union did.
Worst case scenario: Civil war and ethnic cleansing plus nukes!
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Basically this would happen in the 90's when the country eventually collapses.
Assuming Yugoslavia gets nukes and assuming Yugoslavia gets some way to launch them and assuming it collapses into civil war, multiple countries and ethnic cleansing... would NATO bomb it? It's tempting to believe the French would be ok with risking a nuclear attack on their soil (or the Americans if the Serbs manage to sneak nukes to the USA via cargo ships or something) if the Serbs fire tactical nukes at NATO airbases in Italy. But would they?
Breakup was not inevitable by any means
Since realistic local enemies, except Albania, are basically all either NATO or WP countries, this guarantee would likely have exactly zero value (no one is going to buy "we need nukes to deter potential Albanian invasion").WI Yugoslav develop their own program but give " no first use " guarentee to both NATO AND USSR /WP?
If somehow the Serbs launch a nuke on, say, Aviano (where US nukes are stored by the way), NATO will respond with extreme prejudice, up to and including nuking Belgrade possibly.I can't imagine NATO would let a nuclear attack on a NATO nation go unanswered.
If for some reason NATO didn't respond I would forsee a number of Nations staring their own nuclear weapons programs.