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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 |
Thanks, I didn't see any point in just going round and round. People believe what they want to believe, and like often will conflate one story with anything similar.
Yes, the anti-ballistic missile system was a complete waste of money. But, that was ONE thing, not our entire system. Oh well.