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The country that is still launching the same platform for manned space that they did in the 50s can't figure out how to do that but with warheads -- doubt! Make

The country that is still launching the same platform for manned space that they did in the 50s can't figure out how to do that but with warheads -- doubt! Makes a good story though!

foota 3y ago
I think there's a handful of Soyuz launches per year, and those don't have a nuclear warhead that needs to be maintained.
- flashback2199 3y ago
  Yeah, sorry, I don't believe for a second that Russia has failed to maintain their only playing card. What a joke. US military industrial complex folks will make up any story to excuse their audit-free slovenly spending.
  - stouset 3y ago
    > Yeah, sorry, I don't believe for a second that Russia has failed to maintain their only playing card. Have you, uh, been paying attention to Ukraine?
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  - c0pium 3y ago
    Huh? How would the Russian arsenal being degraded and not effective in any way argue for more US defense spending?
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    - elzbardico 3y ago
      Well, that's the genius in the Military Industrial Complex propaganda. Russia is either pathetically weak and so we can push their buttons at our heart content or it is a all powerful evil entity and we need to spend like a trillion to close the missile gap.
  - kurthr 3y ago
    That doesn't make much sense. You'd think the military industrial complex would be playing up how competent and great a threat they are.
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kurthr 3y ago
It's the warhead, especially the small ones, that are difficult. I imagine a thousand launchers distributed across the country are an issue as well. The problem is that it's too tempting for locals to simply scavenge or resell any maintenance supplies. Very similar to the fuel and food that got sold prior to the start of the Ukraine invasion, only nobody is going to find out unless there's a nuclear war.
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- foota 3y ago
  Schrodinger's nuclear missiles?

The country that is still launching the same platform for manned space that they did in the 50s can't figure out how to do that but with warheads -- doubt! Makes a good story though!

foota 3y ago

I think there's a handful of Soyuz launches per year, and those don't have a nuclear warhead that needs to be maintained.

flashback2199 3y ago
Yeah, sorry, I don't believe for a second that Russia has failed to maintain their only playing card. What a joke. US military industrial complex folks will make up any story to excuse their audit-free slovenly spending.
- stouset 3y ago
  > Yeah, sorry, I don't believe for a second that Russia has failed to maintain their only playing card. Have you, uh, been paying attention to Ukraine?
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- c0pium 3y ago
  Huh? How would the Russian arsenal being degraded and not effective in any way argue for more US defense spending?
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  - elzbardico 3y ago
    Well, that's the genius in the Military Industrial Complex propaganda. Russia is either pathetically weak and so we can push their buttons at our heart content or it is a all powerful evil entity and we need to spend like a trillion to close the missile gap.
- kurthr 3y ago
  That doesn't make much sense. You'd think the military industrial complex would be playing up how competent and great a threat they are.
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kurthr 3y ago

It's the warhead, especially the small ones, that are difficult. I imagine a thousand launchers distributed across the country are an issue as well. The problem is that it's too tempting for locals to simply scavenge or resell any maintenance supplies. Very similar to the fuel and food that got sold prior to the start of the Ukraine invasion, only nobody is going to find out unless there's a nuclear war.

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foota 3y ago
Schrodinger's nuclear missiles?