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Russia: Largest Operational Nuclear Power In The World
thebulletin.metapress.com — Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: (pdf) As of early 2008, we estimate that Russia has approximately 5,200 nuclear warheads in it's operational stockpile and 8,800 in reserves or awaiting dismantlement, for a total of 14,000 nuclear weapons.
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- Erich100, on 08/21/2008, -6/+6If Russia does decide to use nukes, the first one should be dropped on Israel. That would eliminate the need for any more.
- Elephant789, on 08/21/2008, -1/+1I could think of one more target. But Russia would never use them.
- zmedico, on 08/21/2008, -2/+5Imagine if Russia used tactical nukes to take out Israel's nuclear capabilities.
- YodaJones, on 08/21/2008, -7/+1We haven't had a good nuke dropping for a while. We need to experience one here in the U.S. You know, one of those small "tactical" ones they are always talking about.
- Wittyfish, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3That's pretty fscked up. Genocide is never the answer (that's pretty funny). They may have some messed up government policies, but civilians over there likely just as uninformed about their government's policies as the ones in America so for that they should get slapped, not atomization, major burns, or radiation poisoning (which I hear is pretty unfun).
- MarkEarhart, on 08/21/2008, -0/+9I find the very thought of using nuclear weapons anywhere in the world to be insane. Those of you who call yourselves environmentalists and rattle on and on about "global warming" would do well to examine the environmental devastation of nuclear weapons including depleted uranium. Nuclear weapons, nuclear power, depleted uranium.....all are global death sentences.
- ArbuZz, on 08/21/2008, -7/+2Russians are insane in fact.
- chuckypita, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Mark - are you a part of "breakthematrix.com" yet? You'd eat up the information there.
Thanks for this great article. - salamnder, on 08/21/2008, -0/+3Here's a fun fact. The SS-18 "Satan" is a Russian ICBM that has the option of 10 multi-independent reentry vehicles, (MIRVs) about 1 Mega Ton each (so one missile shot from Russia rains down 10 nukes to ten spots on the US). Thats from one missile! Oh the SS-18 also can have one 20 Megaton warhead. Either way were *****.
There is M.A.D. so if one party starts a nuke-war. By doctrine, both have to unleash total annihilation of the other.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/r-36m.ht ...- cyberdork, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1Multiple warheads are pretty standard:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Peacekeeper-mis ...- salamnder, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1MIRV's are commonplace. The current US land based missile has 1, 2 or 3 MIRVs depending on how we configure them. These are the Minuteman IIIs. The Peacekeeper had 10 MIRVs of nearly 1 MT each but that missile was only in service from 1986 until late 2005. The MX (peacekeeper missile) is now decommissioned.
- cyberdork, on 08/21/2008, -0/+1Multiple warheads are pretty standard:
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