Really does not matter what Putin threatened with; and nukes can be launched by a navy. And the primary reason for annexing Crimea is to use it as a base for the Russian Navy, frankly.
If we cannot reverse the trend of shrinking the military while our traditional and new enemies expand theirs (the goal of our fifth column in DC), then the writing is on the wall.
“And the primary reason for annexing Crimea is to use it as a base for the Russian Navy, frankly.”
Its been a Russian Navy base since 1783. As in, before Kentucky was a state.