Russia begins moving troops into eastern Ukraine

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(02-25-2022, 03:31 PM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Me either man.  I'm 58 and I stayed up all night and watched the news.  Tbh, I'm pretty damn nervous over this crap.  They have 6000 nukes now.  That's more than all of NATO has...combined.  And Russia supposedly has that supersonic technology making their shit faster, too.

Well, here's a thought that got me through the Cold War without major depression: Anyone contemplating nuclear war has to also consider that it is no fun taking over the world after you have  already nuked it.

(02-26-2022, 06:39 AM)michaelsean Wrote: Eventually it’s just a number. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe just one of our subs has the ability to pretty much wipe out Russia.

Ohio class SSBN: 24 trident missiles. 12 MIRV warheads per missile. 288 total warheads of approximately 1 MT each.

That's enough to saturate all of the cities. Not enough to do that and hit all of the military, industrial and other targets in the country alone, though. (Which is why we have 14 Ohio class subs ;-) )