• SkyezOpen@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Actually modernizing? Or modernizing in the way that the T-14 and SU-57 technically exist?

    • GoodLuckToFriends@lemmy.today
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      2 months ago

      Remember that the united states and russia were routinely inspecting the nuclear arsenals of each other. They may have been hiding how bad things were, but we can be certain they do have functioning nuclear weapons at a scale large enough to matter.

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      2 months ago

      They’re using this little one in Ukraine, but that aside, would you like to call their bluff if you think their missles don’t work? I’d rather this shitshow continue than play real life fallout.

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        2 months ago

        Nah I’m sure at least a few work, but the world has been stepping over putin’s “red lines” for years now and he hasn’t done much except bluster.

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          2 months ago

          That’s true, I think they’re a weapon of last resort, only to be used if Russia may cease to be. Who knows, maybe nobody would have the gall to use them in that situation. Probably not worth testing.