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Doesn't seem like nukes should be their #1 priority.  Bullets, rifles and logistics could be useful the next time they decide to invade a neighbor but, hey, I ain't no general.
Have you tried... like... dunno... providing everyone with a toilet instead? For a good start? >

They have.  That's the reason all the soldiers were taking toilets in occupied Ukraine.  It's an awfully expensive way to provide toilets though. >

They stole toilets? >

They stole toilets. >

Note to self; I should leave an upper-decker if I’m ever fleeing a Russian invasion. >

Easy to announce.  Not so easy to implement. Seems like the “announcement” is probably the entire plan here. >

Step 1) announce new weapon
Step 2) have a press conference where a diagram of said weapon is "accidentally" photographed
Step 3)
Step 4) look more tough again
So Russia is -roughly- 50% there, or 60%-75% depending on how tough they ALREADY look >

Insert “spend the little money they do have and 10 years developing the weapon leaving no money to produce it” in there and it will be golden.
Every new weapon system they’ve boasted about has had a couple of prototypes built, and then actual serial production just breaking single digits.
Half of their SU-57s are prototype models converted to serial production specs. >

And all of them sent to Siberia where they're nice and safe and not in harm's way... Bc they're so combat capable... >

The threat of using a weapon has a greater impact than using the weapon itself, and that’s the one thing Russia understands because they been doing that for the last 20 years.
Granted that will only get so far and that’s why nobody really sees their “5th gen fighter” as a threat because they know Russia will never use it. >

Well, in this case, no one worries about Russia using one of their maybe-half-dozen modern fighters. >

Umm, how?
They can't even make the basic supplies for their soldiers, but modernizing their nuclear forces is doable? >

Version A: Their entire military is based on weapons that destroy half a continent so they didn't care about everything else
Version B: Corruption >

Version C: They just make it up. >

the effects of making it up is hilarious when you take a step back.
Russia: "... and you see we- we have super high tech AI nuclear cannons! take that western capitalists!"
Biden: "mother of god, get me in touch with the DoD, tell them they're getting another 10 trillion"
and then twenty years later the US shows up to the battlefield with their gundam/death star hybrid just to face off versus some cardboard cutouts >

Ironically the us did this to Russia with the fake star wars program.  Russia supposedly spent themselves silly trying to create an anti missle defence system based on space lasers because they thought we had them.... >

The US has weapons in space and it's naive to think otherwise. We've had satellites with capabilities to capture and reel in other satellites with moveable arms for literal decades. In all likelihood those satellites were used to change out the tritium in nuclear warheads since it has a half-life of around 12 years, on top of spying on other countries spy satellites to see what they have onboard. >

Totally. Star Wars didn’t fail, either.
Also, the US sabotaged Iranian nuclear production systems with stuxnet…like…20 years ago now. Still the most advanced known cyber weapon all these years later. 
We’re the reason the North Koreans have struggled with rockets and nuclear “fizzles”.
I’d bet anything the US has sabotaged most other countries nukes and I’d bet they can shoot down whatever does make it out of the launch tube. >

I wouldn't take that bet >

I feel like that may be the actual case, but there are no odds good enough to make me want to take a bet with such high stakes. >

Like it will resolve their problems... They really don't understand anything. >

They do. The only thing holding NATO back is the nukes otherwise they'd be getting rolled over right now.
From their perspective cranking up the number of nukes and delivery systems just makes the stakes even higher for anyone to go after them and makes it less likely to happen. 
Based on how NATO countries have responded to a possible nuclear exchange I'd say they are probably correct. >

This is such a Russian propaganda line, NATO is a defensive alliance ffs. The only thing NATO would “roll over” is whatever Russian forces were in Ukraine, and even that’s unlikely. 
Russia has nothing NATO wants except a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine. >

NATO members are supporting the defense of a sovereign nation against a foreign invader, the remnant of the superpower which NATO was established to defend against.
Anything that happens to Russia as a result of Ukraine is the fault of Russia and Russia alone. Don't get upset when the bullied kid's big brother teaches him a bit of Krav Maga and offers tips on the opponent's blind spot from the sidelines. >

I'm not arguing the right or wrong of anything.
I'm explaining NATO is currently operating outside the immediate defense of its member nations based on its own self interest in eastern Europe.
That tied into why Russia wants nuclear weapons to deter NATO. They want them because they work to deter NATO otherwise NATO would be in Ukraine right now.
I deal with objective reality. Spinning shit for particular narratives is not useful to me so I'll leave that to other people who deal with reality that way. >


I'm explaining NATO is currently operating outside the immediate defense of its member nations based on its own self interest in eastern Europe.

NATO isnt doing anything. Its members are. And the "self interest in eastern Europe" is literally its own security. >

From the perspective of Europe, yes. Shutting down Russia expansion west would be in their own security interest. >

Yeah, because overtaking sovereign narions, even those not in NATO, is heavily frowned upon. Imagine instead Rissia expanded east to the point of encircling China. Pretty sure not in China's best interest to be surrounded.
Just what the fuck is the point of your reply...
NATO members are free to do what they wish, if Germany was to attack Russia right now, NATO as it is would not be compelled to join, even if Germany itself got overrun because the fact is that Germany was the aggressor. >

The point of my reply was to explain why Russia is doing what Russia is doing and their motivation for doing it.
I didn't claim NATO members couldn't do what they wished. In fact I claimed the exact opposite where I stated they were operating in their own self interest outside of a NATO nation.
People are upset because I'm not engaging in cheerleading emo bullshit. Which is frankly not my thing and I have no interest in it. >

A kid with a knife can bully others and be scary. But the day will eventually come when rest of the kids collectively will beat the fucking kid to unconsciousness and will not be sad if he actually dies after it. Maybe only french will, because they are a bit fucked in the head. >

More like the bully has a hand grenade, and so do all the other kids. And they're locked in a tiny room together. >

Also there are kids outside banging on the door demanding that they also should be able to have grenades. >

I mean, if one of the kids with a grenade gets out, the kids outside are tucked without one. Shit analogy tho, the people who pull the levers of war face no consequences of pulling them >

With WHAT? xD >

Meanwhile back in reality Russia is reportedly stripping existing nuclear armed ICBM’s to repurpose as conventional explosives! I guess they were running out of terror weapons to lob at Ukraine to make it seem like Russia is still fighting a war, rather than brutally losing one. >

How long till they blow up another Nyonoksa village in their attempts to 'modernize'?... Lol! 
Maybe it's time to modernize your government instead and toss that loser Putin. >

Hey Russia - here is a unique idea - instead of trying to conquer the world through your pathetic military and threats of global nuclear destruction, how about you instead focus on running your own country really, really well, so that your neighbours want to trade with you, and join clubs that you start, and citizens globally immigrate to your country to learn and build things that further the human race. 
That is the only pathway to greatness in the modern world. And if you can't do that, your leadership needs to get out of the way and make room for people who do, because somewhere in Russia there are people who could pull this off. >

Russia cares for nothing of this, Russia only wants powers and strengths for future childrens of the iron federation.
Russia is best country on planet, we donts needs trades or peaces if you donts like you can fuck off back to sons of Blyat /s >

And than what, you have no army, no logistics, no moral,… but you have nukes,….. talking about One Man War. >

The real question is whether they actually know how to use them. In order to further clarify their position it will become necessary to perform a nuclear test >

I say go for it. Waste more money on a weapon you are most likely never gonna use and leave you soldiers barely armed and short on resources. Definitely the sign of a master tactician. >

How are they note broke yet? Financially >

That doesn’t matter for internal purchases. It’s not like they are gonna buy nuclear weapons from other countries… you need zero money to build a house if all the workers work for zero, and all the materials can be extracted from your own land. >

They need components that are not home built. >

That’s a different story. However, they were able to make nukes 50 years ago, and I doubt they were buying components from abroad then… so, what changed? Sure ya country the size of Russia can build everything (other than high tech) inside. And nukes are not high tech, again they had them 50 years ago. >

That was also when they had top scientists, engineers and robust manufacturing.  Those days are gone now. >

Modernize nukes? They can't even give their soldiers uniforms that aren't dated for WW2! >

I also plan to put on 50 pounds of muscle and learn four new languages. >

I feel like in the basement of the Kremlin there is a room where Putin built a fort out of Nukes, hung up a No Girls Allowed sign and now him, Kim Jong Un and that idiot from Belarus are inside of it playing and once or twice a day they open a little sliding door just big enough so you can see their eyes and they make threats and then slam it shut and go back to playing all secure behind those nukes. >

To any Russian reading, you are the only one who can stop this mad man. Do something before it's too late. >

Russian opposition (people who used to work for Navalnyi) have created this anonymous cryptographically protected network to organize Russians against their fascist government. I hope their movement and efforts will eventually bring about the freedom-fighters they desperately need. >

They are really Russian to try anything not to look like even more of fools than they already are >

How long until everyone who knows how to operate and maintain the nuclear arsenal have unfortunate autodefenestrations? >

Yacht makers around the world rejoice... >

Lmao the best russia can afford is a cardboard cutout that says ‘NUKE’ in the back of a broken down pickup. >

Imagine if they spent this much energy and money into actually making russia a better and more prosperous place to live, while staying in their own country minding their own business. >

Yeah I'm sure someone will report that they've been modernized to Putin. Whether they actually have been is another story. 
The more Russia likes to brag and threaten with their nukes the more it starts to sounds like horseshit. >

By the end of 2023 Russia wont even be a thing >

Wish.com nukes? >

Yacht dealers are giddy with anticipation on the new influx of revenue. >

So officers in the nuclear forces need new Yachts now. >

Propaganda A : "Russia has nuclear capabilities that far exceed the United States'."
Propaganda B :  "Russia preparing to modernize nuclear capabilities, to exceed the United States'." >

This is to be expected. Russia still has quite a few older nuclear missiles from the Cold War era, while it also has much newer ones in significantly smaller numbers. 
Every nuclear power tries to update and strengthen their nuclear deterrent over time. After all, the nuclear deterrent is the most reliable way of defending the country, even if the rest of the country’s military is a bit shit.
Even the US is engaging in a significant modernization program of their nuclear forces costing hundreds of billions over its lifetime. And well, it should. >

Nukes are sort of a binary defense, you either have them or you don't. If you have them even if your nuclear program is shit other countries aren't risking it. Russia can and should make sure their nukes are well maintained and modernized, but that's something they should have been doing in peacetime as it isn't going to make any difference in the war in Ukraine. It will just be a further drain on limited resources. Of course I don't want Russia to win so dumb decisions like this are fine by me, but I'm still going to point out that they are dumb decisions. >


Russia can and should make sure their nukes are well maintained and modernized, but that’s something they should have been doing in peacetime

They have been. This post is about them replacing Topol-M ICBMs with Yars, which was developed like 10 years ago and has been slowly increased in numbers.
To modernize a nuclear arsenal is a gradual process that can literally take decades. They have been replacing their nuclear-armed submarines for many years, including with the modern Borei-class. >

Yeah, the last thing anyone needs is more fucking nukes, but go off queen. >

In other non-relevant news, supreme ruler Kim Jong-un announced he will be Queen for the Day. >

To be fair though, we have been modernizing our nukes… it’s something that any country with nukes kinda needs to do >

Yeah, Russia has been modernizing its nuclear systems over the last decade plus with the Borei/Bulova, Sarmat, etc… This is really nothing new, just working their way through the rest such as the mobile ICBM’s and bomber force. >

There is a lot of normal behavior that the media likes to make a big deal about. There are so many articles about “[Insert Country] did [insert thing countries normally do]” >

Sure, Jan >

Seems like a sound use of resources >

Sure, if you have the money left to do so because you will have to pay Ukraine for all the damages you caused. >

How about seriously modernizing Russia and someone with some interest take Putin for a ride. >

I don't get it. It's pointless. They already have nukes that can destroy the world three times over. And now they're going to invest in nukes that can do it five times over and a little bit quicker. Same result at the end of the day. >

Anyone notice that every autocratic troublemaking regime is massively investing in nuclear weapons? More proof that these countries are great for the world. It would really be a shame if they ceased existing. >

All nuclear powers invest in maintaining and upgrading their nuclear weapons. For example, the USA is procuring a few hundred ICBMs, more than 100 nuclear bombers, and is developing new submarines with nuclear ballistic missiles.
Nuclear weapons just need to be maintained and upgraded, and Russia also needs to do this. Plenty of theirs are fairly old anyway. >

So…they’re doing nothing. Upgrading nukes is like maxing out your PC’s RAM to play Minesweeper. They can’t launch a single nuke without igniting WWIII. What’s the point if you are going to die using them. >

Good luck!  Their best manufacturing has been destroyed by sanctions due to their special stupid operation. That and corruption. >

Let me guess, someone actually managed to get a proper inspection team past the corruption and they realized that most of the current arsenal's warheads are past their "will still explode with fission and not just as a glorified dirty bomb" half-life.  And also, the fuel lines are corroding.  
I suppose we'll see if any actual revamped warheads and replacement rocket parts manage to make it past the corruption. >

This will certainly endear them to the world community >

After what we have seen in regards to Russian technology, we have nothing to fear. Russia is a joke. I give it a year before they collapse internally. >

So they're admitting that their current nuclear forces are not modernized? 🤔 ... not like we already knew that! 🙄🤣🤣🤣 >

Can’t put gas in a truck but by god the nukes are bad ass……. >

I bet NATO/The West have better intelligence on Russian nuclear capabilities than Putin died. >

Russia: Behold our fancy new nuclear torpedo and despair!
World: So it's like a nuclear missile... but it can't hit inland targets?
Russia: You don't get it- it creates tsunamis and destroys whole cities!
World: So it's like a nuclear missile... >

I’m sure they’d like to, but…. Well… >

It would probably be smarter to modernize their conventional forces first. >

Yeah, for sure bro! We totally believe you 👌🏼😉😉 >

Taking a page from the North Korea playbook... >

Russia starting to look a lot like a certain nuclear hungry failed state that is both China dependent and western hating. >

I have a cattle dog now I just need a muscle car and a sawed off shotgun and I’m ready for the post apocalyptic world. >

Article had to use 8 year old image >

Oh sure they are. Russia has all the money needed to throw at redeveloping ICBMs right now. /s >

What usually happens is he signs off on, say, 50 billion to be used for this modernisation. 
Then his friends who he has put into such positions as minister, deputy minister, assistant to the deputy minister, all funnel away this money into shell companies which build and manage the biggest fucking houses you’ve ever seen. 
Plenty of videos on YouTube proving this and they all get away with it every time. The money has trickled down beyond the ministers and deputies as they all have their tens of millions funnelled away already. 
And those missiles? They just get a respray by a couple of conscripts. >

Russia and modernizing doesn‘t go together >

Come on, end the world already. This is the only way I can afford a house and not have to worry about student loans.
One quick engagement and under a day later all my current problems will be replaced with the only one problem. >

The landlord is still going to want that rent, though. >

I am pretty sure I can take him in Thunderdome. >

Goals too low. Maybe add...laserized nuclear double monkey-napalm fucking donutblasters >

Thanks Russia, just what we need. All the positive things we could be turning out focus on, to try and create a better world. Nope death and destruction it is, we are doomed. >

Sure. More dreams with fever? >

Yea, OK. >

Sure, Jan. >

Doubt >

Do most Russians support putin?, seems like they are getting fucked more than anyone, also i read somewhere that some russian units are going after other russian units for FOOD, how fucked is that? putin is a fucking madman >

They aren't even going to the moon, they are just gonna make their own Death Star. >

A great use of the Russian  publics money , while their shit hole country collapses around them >

writes in notes Nuclear forces have -not- been modernized and they are lacking multi-warhead nukes. ✍️ >

Always a dubious source. >

Vlad : I'll even add brass rings to my saber so it rattles harder! >

In a nuclear war between Russia and the U.S. there is one thing that would give the US the edge that I never see anybody talk about. The US Military is deployed across the entire planet and we have countries in various strategic positions that are willing to host our nukes. The completely incapacitate the US Military and it’s nuclear arsenal you would literally have to nuke dozens of countries and that would piss a lot of people off…. But Russia, other than their subs and possibly Belarus all of Russia’s nukes are in Russia and the VAST majority of their military is either in Russia or in Ukraine. >

Yahhhhhannnnnn >

She says she has not slept for 3 days and it's very scary!    Unbelievable  !   I remember  last March the large Russian convoy parked for weeks on the hyway North of Kyiv.  2 or 3 A-10 's would have destroyed  the whole convoy.   Sitting ducks .  So embarrassing  .   Now building full of Russian soldiers all calling family wishing happy New Year with cell phones .   Target acquired  .  End of story.   The Russians keep stepping in it over and over. >

Nuclear Wessels >

Haaaaaaaaaa....good luck. >

Maybe have a look at the faith of other dictators like gaddafi.. his ass ended up ass a knifestand.. >

With what money lol, joke country >

They won't even arm them for launch unless they wish to be a glowing hole in the earth. Do they realize that 1 single launch means their total annihilation? >

Pfffft yeah they've got loads of money for that right now >

All sanctions are to remain until Ruzzia surrenders it's nuclear arsenal. >

Yeah, sure. >

Is this going to make them ultra mega hypersonic next? >

Article seems to forget the important part.
Anyone have the 2023 military budget for Russia on hand? Wish to see if they are financing the program less than 1% of that of the United States. >

Understood, Russia must be totally destroyed, deradicalized, denazified and occupied by NATO peacekeepers this year then. >

Should focus on their conventional forces but hey 🤷 >

Will they turn to north korea for expertise in nuclear matters? Anyone with knowledge of nuclear weapons should have left russia long ago... >

Yeah me too, I'm poor as shit and not fighting a war but I'm sure both our nukes will be fantastique >

Taking the NK route I see. >

Can you pay for military upgrades with Delusion Dollars?  BlunderBucks? >

I hate the cowardice of our species. >

I thought their “rocket man” just took a nose dive out a hotel window.  Perhaps that was a mistake? >

Confirms that their nuclear forces are also garbage too then... Like the rest of their military >

For this, I trade.  
Is potato. >

They’re inflatable and cardboard. >

Guess the normal military is out then?  New tactic is to swing for the fences... >

Priorities. >

Russia has zero credibility. >

I guess that confirms my suspicion that Russia let its nuclear deterrent rot due to corruption as badly as it did its conventional deterrent. >

Yeah right. With what money? >

Oh no!
How modernized can nuclear forces go? Such new, very terror. >

Imagine they actually put those funds to their army and airforce instead of an arsenal that has no use unless the world is ending and could act as a deterant even if they were launched by trebuchet.
Just shows how dumb these regimes are. The entire world knows that this isn't happening in any meaningful capacity and it changes nothing in how Europe or the US view the danger of Russia. >

Sure.. >

Just like they modernised the army? >

Russia to increase size of cleaning lady force in 2023, to allow more in-depth cleaning of their aging multi-warhead nukes that are currently rusting away in various silos buried under several feet of snow across Russia.
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