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roxybear

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23. If even one functions properly, that's a disaster.

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Original post)

Thu Jul 20, 2023, 08:02 AM

Jul 2023

I agree with the poster who mentioned that if even one nuclear weapon functions, it results in a disaster. I would assume that many nuclear weapons would function and the world would be devastated. We can't depend on weapons not functioning.

One thought that no one mentioned. I wonder if Putin would risk using a nuclear weapon because there's a good chance it would malfunction. That would be terribly embarrassing. This could be Putin's downfall. It's bad enough employing a nuclear weapon but worse for him if it doesn't work.

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Russia's Nukes Probably Don't Work - Here's Why [View all] Clash City Rocker Jul 2023 OP

It just takes one of their thousands to work. TheBlackAdder Jul 2023 #1

Yes. Sure no one wants to really ever ever find out if even one of thousands...works to mass murder. Alexander Of Assyria Jul 2023 #9

While a number of their ICBM's may be down, and I don't know if that's true or not, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2023 #2

I don't think the hair-trigger world-ending all-out exchange of nukes... Silent3 Jul 2023 #6

Maybe, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2023 #8

You forgot carp. niyad Jul 2023 #21

Oh yeah, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2023 #24

The article acknowledges the concern that I had, which is that the tactical nukes... Silent3 Jul 2023 #3

This is what worries me about this conflict as well. GhostHunter22 Jul 2023 #13

The big Hydrogen ones would likely fail IbogaProject Jul 2023 #4

Almost all modern nukes need tritium sir pball Jul 2023 #15

To split hairs, radioactive tritium is "heavy heavy hydrogen" ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2023 #19

I was pointing people to the main issue IbogaProject Jul 2023 #22

I would reverse this question sarisataka Jul 2023 #5

Patriot and THAAD are mainly aimed at short and intermediate range ballistics missiles aren't they? GregariousGroundhog Jul 2023 #10

Yes, that is what they are designed for sarisataka Jul 2023 #11

We do not have the right orthoclad Jul 2023 #7

Read that the last time Russian nuke sites were checked they were rusty. Article is from 1997. sarcasmo Jul 2023 #12

Every word of this article strikes me as the absolute truth. Aristus Jul 2023 #14

Exactly, and the article was from 97, so imagine the wear over 26 years. sarcasmo Jul 2023 #18

They still use Windows 95. lpbk2713 Jul 2023 #16

That would be modern sarisataka Jul 2023 #17

That article fails to take one important thing into consideration ... priority. Angleae Jul 2023 #20

If even one functions properly, that's a disaster. roxybear Jul 2023 #23