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Russia doesn't have nuclear weapons though, common misconception. Do you know how expensive their maintenance is? Do you know how corrupt Russia is?
by sdfghswe 3y ago
Russia doesn't have nuclear weapons though, common misconception.
Do you know how expensive their maintenance is? Do you know how corrupt Russia is?
- enterprise_cog 3y agoSo they don’t have nukes now because of fanciful thinking. Gotcha.
- multjoy 3y agoThey can't maintain tyres on trucks in storage. The idea that they have any serviceable nukes is not as current as it used to be.
- enterprise_cog 3y agoSecond statement does not follow from the first. For all we know those tires are poorly maintained because they spend their limited resources on maintaining their nuclear arsenal. Either way, you can’t call their bluff without risking nuclear annihilation. All it takes is a few dozen MIRV tipped IC/SL ballistic missiles to bypass anti missile systems and destroy a good chunk of the US population.
- verdverm 3y agoThey've doubled their military budget and are doing a nuclear modernization iirc
- red-iron-pine 3y agoBy that logic India, Pakistan, and China don't either.
- sdfghswe 3y agoRussia is another level compared to India and Pakistan in terms of corruption. China, maybe. The difference is that Chinese nukes are relatively new. How old are Russia's nukes? 40 years old? 60? You do know that nukes are extremely finicky. Getting a nuke to detonate is a highly precise thing.
- lp0_on_fire 3y agoThis is a ridiculous and easily debunked assertion. https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/R45861.pdf https://sgp.fas.org/crs/nuke/R45861.pdf
- sdfghswe 3y agoSorry, which part of that 47 pages document debunkes my assertion? I thought you were gonna link me to a video of a Russia nuclear weapon detonating... oh wait that hasn't happened in 70 years...
- lp0_on_fire 3y agoLiterally the entire document debunks your assertion that the Russians have no nuclear weapons.
- sdfghswe 3y agoNo it doesn't. The entire document assumes that their nuclear weapons can actually detonated. Let me know if I've missed otherwise. I searched the document and couldn't find any discussion on this point.
- verdverm 3y ago> The entire document assumes that their nuclear weapons can actually detonated. Are you actually assuming that they will not work? That's quite the leap of faith with no substance to back it up