And we just now realized this? This is propaganda to scare us from russia. They don’t need to do crap like this to scare us...just tell the truth.
The truth is - we (military-industrial complex/defense contractors) use this sort of panic to fund our extravagant and bloated weapons development since 1945. The fact that the Soviets/Russians/whomever are prone to promoting their Potemkin village frauds only gives us fuel for the fire.