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| Russian nukes far better than US nuclear peers: Missile designer |
| 2018-12-28 |
| [PRESSTV] A weapons designer has rated Russian nuclear missiles as being better than those owned by the United States. The Russian nuclear forces are ahead of US ones by some 10 to 15 years, according to Yury Solomonov, general designer of the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology (MITT) which designs Russian Yars, Topol and Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).. "They will not be able to catch up quickly with the ideas that we have already implemented, although it is not difficult in the modern world to implement them and start production," media quoted Solomonov telling Argumenty Nedeli newspaper in an interview on Thursday. "This does not mean that they will not be able to do the same. But if they start doing it now, they will be able to catch up in 10 to 15 years," he pointed out. Solomonov noted that the US nuclear potential remained to be very powerful, but its weapons modernization system was fundamentally different from those of Russia. For example, the US Minuteman ICBMs manufactured in the 1960s have not been replaced with new missiles but upgraded to extend their lifespan to 2030, he said. Solomonov said that Russia, however, had produced a new generation of land- and sea-based strategic nuclear weapons with minimized costs. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 And he has examined US nukes, has he? Hmmm. They probably bought the plans from the Chinese. And do I remember stories of an Abrams destroying an Iraqi tank even though taking a direct short-range hit and having to return fire through the berm it was hiding behind? I don't know if it was a T-72. And I think the Abram's gun is German and armor is British. |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-12-28 22:41 |
| #10 They did invent the Studebaker two and a half in 1941. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2018-12-28 18:37 |
| #9 A Russian telling the Iranians that Russian weapons are better? SALES PITCH! |
| Posted by: Rob Crawford 2018-12-28 18:06 |
| #8 At this point it's our black boxes versus their black boxes. Throw the Chinese in for good measure. |
| Posted by: Matt 2018-12-28 12:17 |
| #7 Better? Hard to say. Newer with newer missiles? Yes. Russia has definitely put a lot of money into modernizing their nuke force while the US has allowed ours to whither. Modernizing the missile nuke force for the US wouldn't be a waste of money. The problem is we only can run computer simulations on our existing stockpile. We can't test them anymore and unless we constantly build new ones, we can't be sure if they will go off when we deploy them. And we aren't building new ones. One of the Air Force's fears is that we fire them and only 20% go off and the rest are duds. The US nuclear deterrent is dead at that point. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-12-28 10:27 |
| #6 And he has examined US nukes, has he? Hmmm. |
| Posted by: Vortigern Elmusotle7351 2018-12-28 08:28 |
| #5 Link to the Gulf War 'Bone Yard' located near Al Asad, Air Base Kuwait. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2018-12-28 08:11 |
| #4 The T-72 - the one nicknamed 'Jack in the Box' 'cuz the turret would blow right the fuck off with a direct hit? |
| Posted by: Raj 2018-12-28 08:07 |
| #3 Sure...just like how 'advanced' the T-72 was. And fully modern and capable....then it's shells bounced of M-1's at 500 meters while the M-1's were getting front side kills at 3500+ meters. Oh and the autoloader grabbing the gunners arm and shoving it up the barrel with the shells, we 'fixed' that. Here's a question, do your missile silo's still have water in them? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2018-12-28 07:36 |
| #2 "These go to eleven" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-12-28 07:10 |
| #1 Furthermore, they're low in fat and cholesterol, no corn syrup, and gluten free. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2018-12-28 07:03 |