Now imagine the current status of the russian arsenal...

March 22, 2026 - 07:11 UTC

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Zero reason to think the Russian nuclear arsenal is in as bad shape as the conventional side. Sorry. It's a common belief but it is not based in reality.
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I would distinguish between physics packages (unknown) and delivery (after shitting the bed on Bulava, etc, for a bit, RU arguably has a more modern selection than US)
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One honest question: nukes can only ever really be used for MAD silliness.

If no one is looking, and you know all your assignment will do is at best get revenge and at worst mean you caused the apocslypse...

Why...not just sell out from under? They can't report it (see Yes Prime Minister ep 1)
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Actually, there are plenty of reasons. E.g. the way less (like really uncomparably less) money spent on maintenance than in the USA.
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This argument always stood out to me weird - I thought it was well understood that *that* is directly where they are funneling the prime chunk of their money and resources into?
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They couldn't even properly maintain the conventional arms they *knew* they would need...
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