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[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

After seeing Russia’s non-nuclear weapons, I honestly don’t believe they have that many nuclear weapons.

I’m not saying they have none, but I don’t think they’ve kept up the maintenance required for 7,000.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

I mean, the actual number they have is irrelevant because there’s no way of knowing which ones are duds until it’s too late. If they were to launch a nuclear attack, the countries they’re attacking wouldn’t wait to see if it was a dud before responding. Because even if there’s only a 10% chance it detonates, that’s still 700 nukes detonating.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Deadliest game of bluff

[-] olutukko@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

Mos likely a lot of them are really old and not ik workikg conditions but they like to keep up the illusion that they could just nuke the whole globe

[-] mod@sh.itjust.works 4 points 10 months ago

Same goes for the US. Most launch facilities are in subpar condition.

[-] Benaaasaaas@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

I think that "subpar" are slightly different to US and Russia though.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Yup. It's actually fascinating to read up on how the US maintains and tests nuclear weapons.

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