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[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Russia can't launch its arsenal. That shit ain't been maintained since Gorbachev. They'd end up nuking themselves. I don't know our situation is all that much better but I imagine we have far better documentation on what is and isn't deployable. China is in the same boat as Russia except for a different reason, their nukes are cheap Chinese crap and they know it. One thing we never exported to China apparently was quality control.

So I predict no nuclear armageddon and Joe Biden is inaugurated without issue.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Just another thought on these aged nuclear stockpiles... ICMBs are like spaceship launches but with nukes. Would you expect a spaceship built in 1965 to still work?

Here's an interesting conspiracy theory: nuclear detente was only ever a convenient way for nations to not have to explain why so many multibillion dollar nukes weren't worth scrap.

[–]astronautrob 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

This.

[–]goobandit 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

If you have been following air force news or live near an air force base, there has been a huge uptick in training. The grapevine says it’s because China has a shit ton of aircraft. It’s supposedly not in the best shape, but with the amount of soldiers, it’s still of some concern.