Kolanaki,
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“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

massacre,

“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”

arran4,

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

Shotgun_Alice,

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

Tattorack,
@Tattorack@lemmy.world avatar

Oh look, it’s Wednesday.

Burn_The_Right,

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”.

spongeborgcubepants,

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.

resetbypeer,

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.

givesomefucks,

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.

Rapidcreek,

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

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

FlyingSquid,
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“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.

alilbee,

This is definitely clickbait. Russia, a nuclear power, decided to continue not losing its nuclear power status. Wow!

FlyingSquid,
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Seriously. They’ve been ready for nuclear war since 1949.

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