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Originally Posted by blueash
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 |
So how many “retired” warheads does America have for backup? Russia is well prepared for nuclear attack and has also exercised and conducted ongoing training in that area. One may want perform an online search for a Bloomberg opinion article as to why the US currently isn’t ready for nuclear rivalry with Russia or with China.