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Re:Princeton lab simulates nuclear war by causi on Saturday October 22, 2022 @08:21AM (#33297709)
the actual ability of the US to intercept is likely going to be better.

Unlikely. The Russians have an actually effective interception system: nuclear-tipped interceptor missiles. For political or environmental reasons, the US doesn't use those. Everything we use has at best a fifty percent interception rate and the Russians have more reentry vehicles than we have interceptor missiles.

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Re:Princeton lab simulates nuclear war by mrcheesebreeze on Saturday October 22, 2022 @09:58AM (#33298356)
yeah thats a good point, russia has crappy tanks and stuff but a lot of that is they used their military spending on nuclear weapons.

they know its their best trump card and they want to "win" by killing us more efficiently.

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