• fubo@lemmy.world
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    Irritatingly, this suggests that Putin doesn’t really know if his nukes work. If true, this badly breaks MAD.

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      this badly breaks MAD.

      Not really. Current estimates are that Russia has about 1,500 missiles deployed and ready to go. If we assume only 10% will actually lift off, and of those, only 10% will hit their target and detonate, that leaves 15 cities to be hit. Living near a potential target?

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        Me? I’m not far downhill from a National Lab; if their nukes work, I’m toast.

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      this suggests that Putin doesn’t really know if his nukes work

      Sweet, more incoherent conspiracy theories backed by Liberal opinion pieces.

      Something something Russian oligarchs used up all the money with corruption and the state forgot to maintain the nuclear warheads (you know, the thing that insures America can’t just destroy the Russian state), pretty tired of this garbage.