That is the implausibility. The Russians wouldn't waste their time on a "virtual warhead". They have nothing to prove.
I don't think this is implausible, it sends a clear warning, and it's not a loss of time. It's a reminder of "yes nuclear no problem, maybe it will be loaded next time who knows" and it allows them to test urkaine's anti missile defense
Implausible would be "space aliens did it" for instance, it's not that this is an impossibility it's just that it's very unlikely
It is completely implausible as Putin has repeatedly said that nuclear is not on the table in Ukraine. It is only western media that is pushing this nonsense.
I remember when nobody believed that russia would invade ukraine, me included, turns out they did
It was the US alphabet via the US admin that was repeatedly warning about it for a week or so
So what do I know?
The jerusalem post has the same piece jpost[dot]com/international/article-722796
>Russia fired a nuclear warhead-capable cruise missile into Ukraine, but instead of a nuclear payload, it was installed with a dummy "imitation" warhead, highlighting dwindling precision missile stocks, according to a report by Ukrainian outlet Defense Express on Friday morning.
Yahoo is on it too... https://news.yahoo.com/russia-fired-cruise-missile-dummy-110800007.html
Maybe it's western propaganda, maybe it's ukrainian propaganda
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