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2018-12-28 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russian nukes far better than US nuclear peers: Missile designer

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Posted by Fred 2018-12-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Furthermore, they're low in fat and cholesterol, no corn syrup, and gluten free.

Posted by ed in texas 2018-12-28 07:03|| 2018-12-28 07:03|| Front Page Top

#2 "These go to eleven"

Posted by Frank G 2018-12-28 07:10|| 2018-12-28 07:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Sure...just like how 'advanced' the T-72 was. And fully modern and capable....then it's shells bounced of M-1's at 500 meters while the M-1's were getting front side kills at 3500+ meters. Oh and the autoloader grabbing the gunners arm and shoving it up the barrel with the shells, we 'fixed' that.

Here's a question, do your missile silo's still have water in them?

Posted by Silentbrick 2018-12-28 07:36|| 2018-12-28 07:36|| Front Page Top

#4 The T-72 - the one nicknamed 'Jack in the Box' 'cuz the turret would blow right the fuck off with a direct hit?

Posted by Raj 2018-12-28 08:07|| 2018-12-28 08:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Link to the Gulf War 'Bone Yard' located near Al Asad, Air Base Kuwait.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-12-28 08:11|| 2018-12-28 08:11|| Front Page Top

#6 And he has examined US nukes, has he? Hmmm.

Posted by Vortigern Elmusotle7351 2018-12-28 08:28|| 2018-12-28 08:28|| Front Page Top

#7 Better? Hard to say.
Newer with newer missiles? Yes.

Russia has definitely put a lot of money into modernizing their nuke force while the US has allowed ours to whither. Modernizing the missile nuke force for the US wouldn't be a waste of money. The problem is we only can run computer simulations on our existing stockpile. We can't test them anymore and unless we constantly build new ones, we can't be sure if they will go off when we deploy them. And we aren't building new ones.
One of the Air Force's fears is that we fire them and only 20% go off and the rest are duds. The US nuclear deterrent is dead at that point.

Posted by DarthVader 2018-12-28 10:27|| 2018-12-28 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 At this point it's our black boxes versus their black boxes. Throw the Chinese in for good measure.

Posted by Matt 2018-12-28 12:17|| 2018-12-28 12:17|| Front Page Top

#9 A Russian telling the Iranians that Russian weapons are better?

SALES PITCH!

Posted by Rob Crawford 2018-12-28 18:06|| 2018-12-28 18:06|| Front Page Top

#10 They did invent the Studebaker two and a half in 1941.

Posted by swksvolFF 2018-12-28 18:37|| 2018-12-28 18:37|| Front Page Top

#11 And he has examined US nukes, has he? Hmmm.

They probably bought the plans from the Chinese.

And do I remember stories of an Abrams destroying an Iraqi tank even though taking a direct short-range hit and having to return fire through the berm it was hiding behind? I don't know if it was a T-72. And I think the Abram's gun is German and armor is British.

Posted by gorb 2018-12-28 22:41|| 2018-12-28 22:41|| Front Page Top

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