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In reply to the discussion: Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine [View all]EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)19. You are correct that it's in the hands of a small group of people...
Last edited Sat Mar 26, 2022, 03:21 PM - Edit history (1)
In fact; I believe its Putin, Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, and Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu who have the necessary Cheget authorization to issue a launch code.
Shoigu looked particularly concerned at a press conference on 2/27 when Putin ordered strategic weapon preparedness; so my faith that this may be averted is solely based on a personal assessment of that single event.
What may be of particular concern is Shoigus absence in recent week(s).
The balance of society/humanity depends on a breakdown in this particular scenario; so I will remain optimistic that such a scenario will not develop.
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This assertion is (to use such weapons) a war crime by itself. My fear is not that Russia wouldn't
SWBTATTReg
Mar 2022
#2
Yes, watched an army intelligence person saying those war heads have a life span
PortTack
Mar 2022
#24
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
And if the security of the nukes is anything like it was in the old Soviet Union,
MarineCombatEngineer
Mar 2022
#41
The Russians should be scared of *our* nukes, not the other way around.
Fiendish Thingy
Mar 2022
#25
Last year I saw a picture in the Air & Space Smithsonian magazine of the Russian Air Force's...
Crowman2009
Mar 2022
#54