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DetroitLegalBeagle

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Sat Mar 26, 2022, 01:55 PM

Mar 2022

Launch orders don't get filtered down through a long chain of command. At most there are 1 or 2 people between Putin and the key turners. And I wouldn't bet on the key turner's not following launch orders. They are chosen and trained to carry out those orders without second guessing it.

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Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine [View all] bluewater Mar 2022 OP

so he wants to irradiate the planet , including himself eh? AllaN01Bear Mar 2022 #1

This assertion is (to use such weapons) a war crime by itself. My fear is not that Russia wouldn't SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #2

Exactly..... FarPoint Mar 2022 #16

Yes, watched an army intelligence person saying those war heads have a life span PortTack Mar 2022 #24

With any luck they will just explode on site dixiegrrrrl Mar 2022 #52

I have thought the same thing. wnylib Mar 2022 #57

This is a issue with all nuclear weapons including the U.S.. former9thward Mar 2022 #20

Makes sense, what you say. NT SWBTATTReg Mar 2022 #21

The tritium has to be replaced about every 10 years in the warhead. Now that is just them bomb LiberalArkie Mar 2022 #31

Minuteman missiles are tested every so often at Vandenberg. Probably makes it a target though... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #32

Russia was testing new nukes during TFG's administration... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #26

Two thoughts about that Facebook post wnylib Mar 2022 #58

I understand... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #60

OK. wnylib Mar 2022 #61

Hell, even back in the mid 90"s when we trained with them, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #39

Fine. I guess they want to be obliterated from the face of the earth. Boydog Mar 2022 #3

We can, but we could get obliterated too Polybius Mar 2022 #14

Doubt they could stop us from employing the "football." Boydog Mar 2022 #23

No could to it. We would be obliterated. paleotn Mar 2022 #46

What a pr**k......small p***s man ......he really does have issues.... turbinetree Mar 2022 #4

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Fortunately this isn't a unilateral decision making process... EarthFirst Mar 2022 #6

I agree, I was still editing the Op as you posted, I type slowly. bluewater Mar 2022 #7

In a prior post, I said that to end this conflict Putin only needs colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #34

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #8

A launch code sent to a submarine reduces the relevant chain of command Harker Mar 2022 #9

Correct. former9thward Mar 2022 #10

yep DetroitLegalBeagle Mar 2022 #18

You are correct that it's in the hands of a small group of people... EarthFirst Mar 2022 #19

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Then there's the sub in "On the Beach"... Harker Mar 2022 #33

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I'm overdue for my second viewing. Harker Mar 2022 #44

There's also the movie, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #42

That was a hair raiser. n/t Harker Mar 2022 #43

Pretty sure that each Russian boomer at sea is shadowed MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #40

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Yes, and after watching Ali Velshi yesterday... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #30

And if the security of the nukes is anything like it was in the old Soviet Union, MarineCombatEngineer Mar 2022 #41

Should this happen... appmanga Mar 2022 #11

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I've seen this movie Bayard Mar 2022 #12

Didn't Putin Play Dr. Strangelove? GB_RN Mar 2022 #22

Russia should be officially designated a nuclear terrorist state. dalton99a Mar 2022 #13

The Russians should be scared of *our* nukes, not the other way around. Fiendish Thingy Mar 2022 #25

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We're assuming their nukes are in good shape when they may not be IronLionZion Mar 2022 #27

Interesting point, but... Shipwack Mar 2022 #38

Last year I saw a picture in the Air & Space Smithsonian magazine of the Russian Air Force's... Crowman2009 Mar 2022 #54

Fuck Putin NEOBuckeye Mar 2022 #28

It's a weapon for somebody Turbineguy Mar 2022 #29

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This is a dangerous game. Dustlawyer Mar 2022 #47

Here's one of the main nuclear threats... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #51

Advances like this would seem to make use of nuclear weapons inevitable. bluewater Mar 2022 #55

One horrific possibility I have thought of... AntiFascist Mar 2022 #62

That's an insightful and terrifying thought. bluewater Mar 2022 #64

Russian military needs to stop him. Joinfortmill Mar 2022 #48

Someone should, and quickly. bluewater Mar 2022 #49

It just takes 1 hypersonic Gordcanuck Mar 2022 #50

Pardon my belligerence, but I think it is time we stand up to Putin's nuclear blackmail. Tell Martin68 Mar 2022 #53

It's probably been said before, Eyeball_Kid Mar 2022 #56

I wrote this in 2017 AnnetteChaffee Mar 2022 #59

I feel the same way Annette Chaffee I_UndergroundPanther Mar 2022 #65

I was called a warmonger for saying this same thought 3 weeks ago... pbmus Mar 2022 #63

They what? LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #66