Reply #78: Statistical

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Statistical

True, they have had more problems with Russia over the last couple of decades than US.. So it is naturally that they have been using their money to build short to medium range missiles to protect their country against large forces of russian armory coming their way if war get out...

Okay, they have stooped using liquid fuel in the end.. I got the impression they still had missiles who was been liquid fueled.. But I guess even China have to spend money on solid fuel then... And as you point out, they are hell to maintance....

I doubt that US want to end up with one large gravity bomb, and one cruise missile tipped with nuclear head.. Even that ONE nuclear weapon was used, it is no easy task to rebuild nuclear weapon capacity even if the nuclear weapon is just one gravity and one cruise.. I would hope that US and the rest of the world now, when the cold war is over, and the danger from nuclear weapon is bigger than ever before, that we toghter can reduce the number of nuclear war heads, and missiles and systems thereof to a level where a accidental lunch is not that dangerous anymore.. Both Russia and US have had accidents who almost got us all to end up in smokes many times over the decades, and I am not that sure that we always would be that lucy as both Russia and US have been the last 60 year. It needs just ONE single weapon to be blown up in a tense situation, and all hell is out.. Even if it was a accidence the whole thing..

Many land based ICBMs bases could be closed down, that is true, and maybe be build to museums over a time in the world, when the stations was based to lunch missiles to destroy the world as we know it. I for one would be interested to visit one of the missiles, just to pook around.. Off course after all sensitive missile tech and other equipment was removed.. I guess many of the systems in the missiles is rather sensitive to sivilians... And to spyes... But some old era missile bases is in rather bad shape, have seen some of them, on the net.. It is interesting to se how big the missile bases indeed was underground... It is almost like a small size city many of them...

Oh, so US have so many OHIO class submarines as 14, that is a big fleet, when you think about what they are carring around all the time.. And even just 8 modern OHIO class subs, as you point out, will give more than enough missiles to hit most targets under the sun...

That is also a point to remember.. US is the country with most nuclear weapons.. Even Russia who have the second largest stockpiles of weapons, have not the same nuclear capacity as US have. And I have the feeling that even that they do on paper have a large chunk of nuclear weapons, many, or not most of their nuclear weapons is either to old to fire when the button pushed, or in a state of derelict, so they can't be fired in any circumstances. And it will take decades to build new ones.. Even the Russian submarine force who once had one of the biggest, most mean submarines in the world, the Typhoon class submarines who even not the ADCAP torpedo could not sing singlehandedly are not in the same shape as before.. Some of the Typhoon class is out there cruising the Arctic, but for the most part they are in the dock, and would possible end up as scrap.. As I understand it, the Russian navy have 6 Typhoon at service for the moment... But not more.. And most of the other submarines is either to old, or have not been maintained enough to go to sea at any cases... Many russian city's have even "adopted" submarines, who now is bearing their "adoptive city's" name to honour them.. And in return, the navy are given fresh food, and other nessesarity...

And as you also pointed out.. The United States of America are the only country in the world, who have used nuclear weapon in anger.. No other country have to this day used nuclear weapon...

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