Russia has put its submarine-launched Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile into service, a significant step in modernizing its nuclear arsenal, in what could be used to escala
omg! shocked pikachu. russia has missles now that can reach the us. /s
So. Maybe they forgot to admit the old missiles couldn’t….anymore.
That’s why this is a thing?
This just in Russia has had missiles capable of reaching the US since the 1960s…
Will they have the misfire rate that their missles in Ukraine are having? Which depending on a source that isn’t russian says 20-60%.
This isn’t the type of weapon that you want to get out of the tube, 80% of the way to target and it go “Ooopsie! I forgot how to missle”, then fall out of the sky. (Not that firing a nuke wouldn’t be a bad time for everyone on the fucking planet in the first place)