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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by ClumsyPilot on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:37PM (#30471317)
"could be valuable as cover for nuclear weapons"

You can't hide a nuclear blast, we have satellites in orbit that detect the flash. Chech the vela incident - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vela_incident

"Russia's whole citizenry have been trained and prepared for nuclear fallout, to a much greater extent than most nations seem to prioritize today."

That's not been the case for like 40 years

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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by seizethegdgap on Friday February 25, 2022 @09:49PM (#30474866)
I believe etiam means a higher level of background radiation means it's easier to move nuclear weapons, not use them.
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Re:Radiation spikes in Chernobyl by ClumsyPilot on Friday February 25, 2022 @10:03PM (#30474929)
They are not detectable anyway - if you put a nuclear warhead in a truck, there is no way to detect it from a plane or a satellite,

In fact you probably could put a nuclear bomb inside a lead-lined shipping container and send it from China to US, across all US railways, and back across the world on another ship, and probably no-one would ever know.

Also why would Russia move nukes by land through chernobil, when they have bombers and complete control of the airspace?

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