Russia getting a few more nukes

[Gasser64]

http://news.yahoo.com/russian-military-50-intercontinental-missiles-162202378.html

My take: They know those things would never hit the U.S. Theyd be made to fall harmlessly out of the sky. But they can point the gun at someone else's head, cause they know we care about that. Some other country they're trying to exploit at the time.

[Sgt Beavis]

They aren't getting MORE nukes. They are replacing older missiles..

They are spending a lot of money they don't have to continue their armed forces modernization but now they have no ability to finance it. Makes me wonder if Russia's modernization is mostly on paper..

[Gasser64]

My understanding is that those old ones could not be counted on to work anymore. Something about them aging and requiring constant upkeep to still function properly.

[BMCSean]

I wonder?

[Gasser64]

Me too

[YALE]

They aren't getting MORE nukes. They are replacing older missiles..

They are spending a lot of money they don't have to continue their armed forces modernization but now they have no ability to finance it. Makes me wonder if Russia's modernization is mostly on paper..

This shit is like the end of the USSR.

[Moose242]

Cool. Betcha didn't know we use their old warheads to fuel our nuclear power plants:

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/11/250007526/megatons-to-megawatts-russian-warheads-fuel-u-s-power-plants

Bout 10% of our nuke power comes from their warheads.

[YALE]

Cool!

[helosailor]

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

[Craizie]

Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?

That's how I died the first time.

[03mustangdude]

How is our shield coming along?

[Gasser64]

Not so great, apparently.