“From a military-technical point of view, of course, we are ready."
Strange. That's what you said about invading, destroying and occupying Ukraine
“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.
The last time there was mutual disarment, we found out a lot of Russia's nukes wouldn't have been able to launch.
I forget the specifics, but it was a flaw with the missle that wasnt noticable until it was disassembled.
So if Russia launched, they'd have to launch a lot to guarantee at least one worked.
And as soon as they launch the first one, all major Russian cities/bases are getting glassed by multiple countries.
I think Putin would order it, but I think other Russians in his administration would stop it and either kill or arrest Putin. Because Putin would kill whoever stopped it if they didn't take him out of power immediately after the order.
North Korea treats their leader like an actual god tho, they'd launch nukes if Kim said to. They have no problem dying for their leader.
Putin's administration just loves money and life more than Putin.
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".
Such a dumb take that is being perpetuated ad nauseam.
Also even if, one working icmb with mirv is enough to be something to be worried about.
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.
This is definitely clickbait. Russia, a nuclear power, decided to continue not losing its nuclear power status. Wow!
Seriously. They've been ready for nuclear war since 1949.
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
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