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That been strongly speculated about the Russian state of nuclear warheads - because those are not properly maintained, none of them works - Russia, despite thei

by genman 3y ago

That been strongly speculated about the Russian state of nuclear warheads - because those are not properly maintained, none of them works - Russia, despite their wild claims doesn't have any nuclear deterrent as we speak. So it is likely that they are moving toward doing an actual nuclear test, likely in the atmosphere. Legal framework to move in that direction is currently in progress. They of course try to milk as much leverage they can get in such process - I hope that Western policy makers understand that it will not change the end result - there will be a nuclear test regardless of the amount of concessions they will make.

hollerith 3y ago
>Russia is in the late stages of a decades-long modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces to replace Soviet-era weapons with newer systems. In December 2022, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that modern weapons and equipment now make up 91.3 percent of Russia’s nuclear triad. https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Russian-nuclear-weapons-2023.pdf https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Russian-nuclear-w...
- genman 3y ago
  Claims are cheap.
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tivert 3y ago
> That been strongly speculated about the Russian state of nuclear warheads - because those are not properly maintained, none of them works - Russia, despite their wild claims doesn't have any nuclear deterrent as we speak. I've seen speculation to that effect, but I do think you're talking the conclusion too far: it's reasonable to speculate some of their warheads don't work, but not all of them. While googling your claim, I came across this source (https://thebulletin.org/2009/12/nuclear-weapons-the-modernization-myth/ https://thebulletin.org/2009/12/nuclear-weapons-the-moderniz...), which does say the Russians maintain their warheads more poorly, but they compensate for that by re-manufacturing and replacing them regularly. > So it is likely that they are moving toward doing an actual nuclear test, likely in the atmosphere. Legal framework to move in that direction is currently in progress. Cite?
- genman 3y ago
  > Cite? Telegram channel of Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.

by genman 3y ago

hollerith 3y ago

>Russia is in the late stages of a decades-long modernization of its strategic and nonstrategic nuclear forces to replace Soviet-era weapons with newer systems. In December 2022, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that modern weapons and equipment now make up 91.3 percent of Russia’s nuclear triad. https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Russian-nuclear-weapons-2023.pdf https://fas.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Russian-nuclear-w...

genman 3y ago
Claims are cheap.
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tivert 3y ago

> That been strongly speculated about the Russian state of nuclear warheads - because those are not properly maintained, none of them works - Russia, despite their wild claims doesn't have any nuclear deterrent as we speak. I've seen speculation to that effect, but I do think you're talking the conclusion too far: it's reasonable to speculate some of their warheads don't work, but not all of them. While googling your claim, I came across this source (https://thebulletin.org/2009/12/nuclear-weapons-the-modernization-myth/ https://thebulletin.org/2009/12/nuclear-weapons-the-moderniz...), which does say the Russians maintain their warheads more poorly, but they compensate for that by re-manufacturing and replacing them regularly. > So it is likely that they are moving toward doing an actual nuclear test, likely in the atmosphere. Legal framework to move in that direction is currently in progress. Cite?

genman 3y ago
> Cite? Telegram channel of Vyacheslav Volodin, chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.