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No not really. They don't make a difference. What could make a difference is whether or not the old Soviet nukes have actually been maintained and actually wor
by spywaregorilla 4y ago
No not really. They don't make a difference.
What could make a difference is whether or not the old Soviet nukes have actually been maintained and actually work. Not something one wants to test but it would make for some great sci fi to imagine the missiles launch, everyone clenches their butthole, and when everything's over, Russia is a crater in the ground and the west is fine.
edit: for reference hypersonic missiles tend to refer to the shorter range stuff. All the ICBMs of old were already hypersonic.
- credit_guy 4y agoIt is actually very likely that Russia's nuclear weapons are fine. CIA thinks [1] that they are conducting hydronuclear tests, i.e. nuclear tests where the yield is small enough to not turn the bomb into a plasma or a gas, but just to liquefy the plutonium pit. [1] https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/08/08/yes_the_russians_are_testing_nuclear_weapons_and_it_is_very_important_114651.html https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/08/08/yes_the...
- mjreacher 4y agoThat's a very interesting article, I'm surprised it doesn't seem to be more widely known.