“From a military-technical point of view, of course, we are ready."

Strange. That's what you said about invading, destroying and occupying Ukraine

The nuclear wording is as north Korea launching rockets from time to time. It's really to try and stay relevant.

He has his hands full against a country that is running out of ammo. Bully will always say and do bullishness things.

Oh look, it's Wednesday.

Pootie's nukes have been maintained by notorious black market scalpers for decades. It's extremely unlikely that most of the delivery systems would still be functional enough to make it to a target. There is a litany of critical components on a warhead delivery system that are high-value and easy to replace with phony parts. Not to mention how highly valuable rocket fuels are.

Also, the west has invested very heavily in secret defense tech for the last several decades. It's kind of our full-time hobby and is the U.S.'s single biggest expense by far. Has Russia really kept up? Or have their financial difficulties and limitless arrogance allowed them to fall behind? Find out on the next episode of "Erasing Moscow".

Age old rule, invert the statement; they aren't ready, don't start now they don't think it would be fair.

“We have them with us all the time, constantly in a state of combat readiness,” president says, referring to Moscow’s nukes.

In other news, water still wet.

Which makes me think the exact opposite. If I’m correct, didn’t they fall back on using old Soviet era equipment in Ukraine?

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the Kremlin is "ready" for nuclear war with the West, in his latest saber-rattling comments.

"From a military-technical point of view, of course, we are ready," Putin said in an interview with Russian state media published Wednesday, when asked whether his country was prepared for nuclear war.

Putin's comments come the week of the Russian presidential "election," which the autocrat is all-but guaranteed to win to secure his fifth term in office.

Putin also warned Wednesday that the presence of American troops on Russian or Ukrainian territory would be considered an escalation and "this is how we will treat it," though he added that he didn't believe that was likely to occur.

Last month, French President Emmanuel Macron triggered uproar among his Western allies when he refused to rule out the prospect of sending Western troops to Ukraine.

Putin last year revoked Russia’s ratification of the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and on Wednesday repeated that Russia would consider restarting nuclear testing if the U.S. does so.

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“We have them with us all the time

"We have lost most of them to time, disrepair and corruption"

constantly in a state of combat readiness

"A few might still work, we're really not sure"

"Russia has the bomb! We have many bombs! We don't know where they all are... Maybe you'd like a dirty bomb?" - Robin Williams