cancel2 2022
Canceled
I agree it's noteworthy.
BUT !!
a) This is the first I've heard of it. I didn't raise the issue because I couldn't, because I didn't know.
b) Do you know some detail that renders this a significantly increased threat to U.S. and or NATO security? The U.S. still has our nuclear triad. Russia can move missiles where ever it wants. We can still have them glowing in the dark in an hour.
I read that one U.S. Minuteman missile has more explosive power than all the munitions used in WWII by all sides; Allies, Axis, Soviets, Italy, Germany, the U.S., including the nukes dropped on Japan.
That's ONE Minuteman missile.
If Putin picks a fight with U.S. it may be the last mistake he makes.
The W78 warhead used on the Minuteman III missile has a yield of 335-350 kilotons. Between 1939 and 1945 the Allies dropped 3.4 million tons of bombs. So you would need at least ten warheads not one. That figure is for the Allies and doesn't include the Axis powers, so you could add another ten to that total! You would also need to add a few more for all the artillery shells , torpedoes and bullets used as well.
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