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I am not jumping to conclusions and will reserve the judgement for later. They provided no proof so far, but hopefully it will be forthcoming, and I would not

I am not jumping to conclusions and will reserve the judgement for later. They provided no proof so far, but hopefully it will be forthcoming, and I would not dismiss their claim outright. Relocated where and by whom? Just curious.

ben_w 2y ago
> Relocated where and by whom? Just curious. As I'm asking you if you want this done, take your pick. Loss of oversight made a bunch of USSR suitcase nukes, ~100 or so, go walkabout when they collapsed. Russia denies this, of course. They might be fine, or not, nobody (in public) really knows. Probably not a huge risk without maintenance, if you nick it but don't know what it is you might scrap it for parts and mistake the core for tungsten or lead, but… not great, unless it was existing nuclear powers who took them. And even then, not great for Russia.
- braincat31415 2y ago
  They deny that, but of course you know for sure that they are lying, that the nukes went missing, and you have the proof. Just like I know for a fact that there are alien craft hidden in Area 51.
  - ben_w 2y ago
    It was a statement made by General Aleksandr Lebed, former Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, in a meeting with an American congressional delegation. Here's the first US government report I found on it with all of the entirely negligible effort I am willing to entertain: https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has078010.000/has078010_1.HTM https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has078010.000... Perhaps he was drunk, or lying, or just plain unable to find the people who knew which cupboard the devices were safely locked in. But he did make those claims. And you are missing the wood for the trees.
    - braincat31415 2y ago
      This "wood" (and the US report) consists of exactly one person who made this claim, and a member of corrupt Yeltsin's entourage to boot. I'd say if these nukes were real, they would have exploded somewhere by now. Try harder.

ben_w 2y ago

> Relocated where and by whom? Just curious. As I'm asking you if you want this done, take your pick. Loss of oversight made a bunch of USSR suitcase nukes, ~100 or so, go walkabout when they collapsed. Russia denies this, of course. They might be fine, or not, nobody (in public) really knows. Probably not a huge risk without maintenance, if you nick it but don't know what it is you might scrap it for parts and mistake the core for tungsten or lead, but… not great, unless it was existing nuclear powers who took them. And even then, not great for Russia.

braincat31415 2y ago
They deny that, but of course you know for sure that they are lying, that the nukes went missing, and you have the proof. Just like I know for a fact that there are alien craft hidden in Area 51.
- ben_w 2y ago
  It was a statement made by General Aleksandr Lebed, former Secretary of the Russian National Security Council, in a meeting with an American congressional delegation. Here's the first US government report I found on it with all of the entirely negligible effort I am willing to entertain: https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has078010.000/has078010_1.HTM https://commdocs.house.gov/committees/security/has078010.000... Perhaps he was drunk, or lying, or just plain unable to find the people who knew which cupboard the devices were safely locked in. But he did make those claims. And you are missing the wood for the trees.
  - braincat31415 2y ago
    This "wood" (and the US report) consists of exactly one person who made this claim, and a member of corrupt Yeltsin's entourage to boot. I'd say if these nukes were real, they would have exploded somewhere by now. Try harder.