I mean, think about it. Everyone thinks nukes as a response. But if some Brit weapon does something bad enough, say a Brit missile hits the Victory Day parade right in Red Square killing hundreds or something very off the hook like Ukes would do? So what happens if Russia responds by torpedoing one of their new carriers, or blows up Big Ben Tower in London?
Then what? Would we go first strike nuke, ensuring we, the Brits and Europe are flattened? Nope.
Is our military anywhere close to being ready to launch a land war into Russia? Nope.
So what happens if the bluff is called?
And I see nobody trying to deescalate anything.
(And I see nobody trying to deescalate anything)
And there’s the problem right there
You are right. The answer is no. It took from 1941, till 1944, to build up the forces necessary, to invade the continent. We can’t get there from here.
If that happened, Russia could probably kiss goodbye to any part of its navy not hiding in port. Astute class subs are a lot better han their Soviet junk. They’d probably find Tomohawks hitting the Kremlin in Moscow too.