Re:Fireball over US, Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57
by samus on Thursday April 18, 2019 @01:48AM
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Personally, I doubt whether many Cold War-era missiles would still work. I mean, most materials degrade over time, especially highly reactive rocket fuels and the explosives in the nukes. This is no reason to feel safe though - the newer stuff and the gadgets of the Chinese are in prime condition. And it takes only one of them to open up a whole new chapter of history...
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Re:Fireball over US, Wednesday, April 17th 2019 around 02:57
by vkou on Friday April 19, 2019 @10:36AM
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China, unlike the United States, and Russia, has a nuclear arsenal numbering in the hundreds, instead of the thousands. It also has a no-first-use policy For those reason, I trust it to use then in a purely defensive manner.