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Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by bhelkey on Friday March 09, 2018 @07:55PM (#16556444)
> Given that the U.S. has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons on Earth

[1] Russia has the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons on Earth.

[1] https://fas.org/issues/nuclear-weapons/status-world-nuclear-...

Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by dboreham on Friday March 09, 2018 @10:10PM (#16556877)
Largest stockpile of weapons that work?
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by biesnecker on Friday March 09, 2018 @10:30PM (#16556932)
Maybe? Only one way to find out really.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by evanweaver on Friday March 09, 2018 @11:05PM (#16557039)
Decommission them all; then you will know for sure.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by clarkmoody on Saturday March 10, 2018 @12:44AM (#16557287)
The only winning move is not to play.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by nielsbot on Friday March 09, 2018 @11:08PM (#16557046)
If nobody is left does that count as finding out? If a tree falls in the woods...
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by bartart on Saturday March 10, 2018 @01:01AM (#16557337)
It is also a bit of a strange comparison since the weapons produced today are hundreds of times more powerful than the ones produced sixty years ago. It seems like the US or Russia will prominently decommission old bombs and people will hail the lower number of nuclear weapons but in reality the total amount of destructive force in the nuclear arsenal long term is the same or greater.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by dingaling on Saturday March 10, 2018 @01:24AM (#16557389)
Weapon yields are much, much smaller nowadays than in the 1950s and 60s.

The highest-yield US warhead was the 25Mt Mk 41, retired in 1976. All warheads in the inventory now are in the sub-Mt range, mostly around 150 to 300 Kt

Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by 4ad on Saturday March 10, 2018 @05:22AM (#16557953)
Back then ICMBs were accurate to several miles, necessitating large bombs. Today they are accurate to meters. Not only you could do with smaller bombs, but it's feasible to attack many more targets. The destruction potential of today's nuclear arsenal is significantly larger than it used to be, although it uses smaller bombs.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by saudioger on Friday March 09, 2018 @11:10PM (#16557048)
how do you even prove that
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by Dylan16807 on Sunday March 11, 2018 @01:58AM (#16561986)
Several inspections and basic statistics.
Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by nostrademons on Saturday March 10, 2018 @01:46AM (#16557441)
Your link seems ambiguous on that point, with 1710 deployed nuclear warheads for Russia vs. 1800 for U.S. (I used the word "stockpile", but realistically, only deployed warheads count since nuclear war has a tendency to be over in an hour.)

Regardless, if you're Russian you should also carefully consider whether your national interest aligns with the continued existence of humanity, at least as far as nuclear weapons go.

Re:FCC Accuses Stealthy Startup of Launching Rogue Satellites by dotancohen on Saturday March 10, 2018 @02:13AM (#16557520)
> Regardless, if you're Russian you should also carefully consider whether your national interest aligns with the continued existence of humanity

Putin said, just yesterday, that he sees no reason for the world to continue to exist without Russia. He was strongly impling that Russia would not hesitate to use nuclear weapons if threatened.