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In reply to the discussion: Russia reasserts right to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine [View all]AntiFascist
(12,792 posts)51. Here's one of the main nuclear threats...
INF nuclear treaty: US pulls out of Cold War-era pact with Russia
Published2 August 2019
The Americans said they had evidence that Russia had deployed a number of 9M729 missiles - known to Nato as SSC-8. This accusation was then put to Washington's Nato allies, which all backed the US claim.
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Last month, he told the BBC that the Russian missiles were nuclear-capable, mobile, very hard to detect and could reach European cities within minutes.
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"Allies have concluded that Russia has developed and fielded a missile system, the 9M729, which violates the INF Treaty and poses significant risks to Euro-Atlantic security," a statement from Nato foreign ministers read.
Published2 August 2019
The Americans said they had evidence that Russia had deployed a number of 9M729 missiles - known to Nato as SSC-8. This accusation was then put to Washington's Nato allies, which all backed the US claim.
...
Last month, he told the BBC that the Russian missiles were nuclear-capable, mobile, very hard to detect and could reach European cities within minutes.
...
"Allies have concluded that Russia has developed and fielded a missile system, the 9M729, which violates the INF Treaty and poses significant risks to Euro-Atlantic security," a statement from Nato foreign ministers read.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198565
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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