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
This just in Russia has had missiles capable of reaching the US since the 1960s…
So. Maybe they forgot to admit the old missiles couldn’t….anymore.
That’s why this is a thing?
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)