3 ms·
It's not immediately obvious to me that Russian nukes are still in perfect working order. From what I understand, they require quite a bit of maintenance, and e
by mcv 5y ago
It's not immediately obvious to me that Russian nukes are still in perfect working order. From what I understand, they require quite a bit of maintenance, and even the US had to relearn how to maintain their nuclear weapons at some point.
It's not a chance I would want to take, but I think it's entirely possible that much of the Russian nuclear stockpile might not work anymore.
- smcl 5y agoI wouldn't want to risk it but you're right that it's possible they weren't maintained properly from the fall of the USSR to today. I don't know exactly how fragile or picky the hardware is, but my guess would be that it takes a lot of care and effort (and therefore money) to do, in a country which probably had other priorities for much of the last 3 decades.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIt doesn't even matter. Even if 10% works it's enough...