Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
by magpi3 on Thursday February 24, 2022 @10:41AM
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I have always wondered this. Nuclear Apocalypse scenarios always assume the ICBMs will all function as specified. Maybe they will, but it's not like you can thoroughly test each one. But I guess they don't need to.
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Re:Russian forces invade Ukraine after Putin orders attack
by jacquesm on Thursday February 24, 2022 @10:49AM
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There were assumptions that lots of missiles would malfunction or not reach their intended targets and so various cities and strategic objectives were targeted with multiple warheads from different launch sites. This led to 'overkill':
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overkill_(term)
Welcome to the eighties...