> “Though I’m sure nuclear arsenal in Russia is maintained much better than anything else.” Can we really assume this? This is the section of the military wher

> “Though I’m sure nuclear arsenal in Russia is maintained much better than anything else.” Can we really assume this? This is the section of the military where the middle managers could calculate they’d be most likely to get away with grift and non-delivery simply because nobody between 1992 and 2022 expected the arsenal was likely to be ever deployed. That kind of short-term self-centered thinking is a hallmark of Putinism. Why wouldn’t they lie to the President about the nuclear capability if they were 99.9% sure they could get away with it during their lifetimes.