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Aces4

I think you don’t have to worry about tit for tat, Russia is way ahead of the US in nuke weapons.

MartinSE
Sorry, you are completely wrong on that post. I am not sure where you get that, but we both have the ability to completely destroy each other.

Originally Posted by manaboutown

After four decades and $200 billion, the US missile defense system is no match for a Russian nuclear attack - The Boston Globe

Review the above. Aces4 writes we are way behind Russia in nukes.
Martin says Aces4 is wrong
aboutown links to a story to apparently prove Martin is wrong and Aces is correct.

But the link is a story about how useless the Reagan idea of a missile DEFENSE shield has proven to be. After 200 billion dollars we cannot protect ourselves from a Russian nuclear attack. Thus the Russians can still kill us.

Can we still kill them? Many times over.
If you really care to read:
The US nuclear capability is HERE


The Russian capability is HERE

And a summary of the data is HERE

"Current nuclear weapons inventories
The latest assessment of Russian nuclear military capability estimates that as of early 2022 Russia has a stockpile of approximately 4,477 nuclear warheads — nearly 6,000 if “retired” warheads are included. The US maintains a similar inventory of 5,500 warheads, with 3,800 of those rapidly deployable."

TL: DR
Russia is not ahead, nor behind in nuclear weapons. Years of treaties and verification have kept a nuclear balance in the face of mutually assured destruction. MAD