• Dogyote@slrpnk.net
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      19 hours ago

      They’re using this little one in Ukraine, but that aside, would you like to call their bluff if you think their missles don’t work? I’d rather this shitshow continue than play real life fallout.

      • SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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        38 minutes ago

        Nah I’m sure at least a few work, but the world has been stepping over putin’s “red lines” for years now and he hasn’t done much except bluster.

    • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today
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      1 day ago

      Remember that the united states and russia were routinely inspecting the nuclear arsenals of each other. They may have been hiding how bad things were, but we can be certain they do have functioning nuclear weapons at a scale large enough to matter.

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        1 day ago

        The US believed Kiev would fall in weeks, tops. I’m not putting much faith in their assessment of Russia’s arsenal. If anything, it’s in the best interest of the US MIC to lie about it and spend to fill imaginary capabilities gaps as we so often have.