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80 R29 of which half of on subs at port call 32 Bulavas on 2 Yasens in Pacific 46 R36, 6 with 20MT warheads, 40 with 10 1MT MIRV. 406 warheads total. 36 UR10
by baybal2 5y ago
80 R29 of which half of on subs at port call
32 Bulavas on 2 Yasens in Pacific
46 R36, 6 with 20MT warheads, 40 with 10 1MT MIRV. 406 warheads total.
36 UR100
162 Topols
The Russian airforce doesn't have serious nukes, the land force don't have megaton scale weapons either.
R36, and UR100 in silos are the only genuine first strike option, everything else is a retaliation weapon. Only a coordinated first strike gives Russia a chance on victory, it's impossible with military C3 beheaded. The surviving military officers in bunkers in far reaches of the country would know that each of them don't have enough forces under their command to continue the war.
- jacquesm 5y agoWarheads != delivery vehicles, and hasn't been for a long time (MIRV). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targetable_reentry_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_independently_targeta... > Only a coordinated first strike gives Russia a chance on victory The idea that a nuclear war can be won died a while ago too.
- adamsmith143 5y agoThis all seems a rather pointless argument. I don't want to live in a country that is hit by 5, 10 or 50 Nuclear Strikes. Period.
- jacquesm 5y agoWhich is the only sensible stance to take. Unfortunately that requires rational actors.