Russia's Supernukes

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Restoring Strategic Balance: Russia's 'Invincible' Nuclear Weapons

Moscow-based SouthFront.org mini-doco about Russia's latest nuclear weapons program.

To stop one of these, an ABM going at mach 15 is required. The fastest US ABM systems today travel at mach 4.5.

Whether these supernukes are working is yet to be publically disclosed.

 

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Trevicahn's picture

I think the key to stopping nukes for the USA isnt blowing them up before they detonate, but launching hundreds of their own.

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danmanjones's picture

How does that stop them?

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Trevicahn's picture

It doesn't. It just prevents them from being launched. 

 

"in theory"

 

MAD: Mutually Assured Destruction. 

 

Its worked since 1948

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