One has to wonder about the state of readiness of those nukes too. It appears that the Russians have subpar maintenance practices.
I’d prefer not risk a billion lives on that.
They also have an ABM system, unlike the US
Worth reading
https://sonar21.com/forget-m-a-d-russia-can-defeat-the-united-states-in-a-nuclear-war/
Excellent!
We should launch today!
—” It appears that the Russians have subpar maintenance practices.”
Most nuclear devices use tritium, just like my once favorite watch.
Tritium has a ~12-year half-life, my watch WAS a beauty at night, but now not so bright.
Guessing that Russia has sufficient tritium but it is crazy expensive (?$30,000 per gram) and may have been requisitioned for other uses.