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More like; Putin vows to push collapse in Russia.

Somebody send the video

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Did his podium have stilt’s as his iq can be compared to his heigh in inches.

Of the speech? It's masochists only, I'm afraid.

Here you go: Link.

Another veiled threat from Putin, yet no sign he will stop in Ukraine.

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> US President Joe Biden extended the nuclear treaty by five years to 2026 as one of his first acts upon taking office in 2021 shortly before it was due to expire, after Putin had pressed his predecessor Donald Trump without success to agree to a deal.

What? Trump didn't listen to Putin when he was being reasonable?

The world is in a really shitty spot right now. If a match is lit in the wrong part of the world, WW3 could start. That’s where this war on Ukraine has brought us.

Putin will not allow inspections bc all his devices are falling apart in disfunction. Heads I'm right tails Russias rusted out. Ballets ensue

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More evidence that Russia's once vaunted nuclear arsenal is in the same state of collapsed corrupt disrepair as its conventional forces have proven to be. First, Putin bans inspectors when the world starts asking the big questions about his nuclear threats impotent bluffs. Next, he calls for new disarmament talks -- in the middle of a war, hello? And now he won't even confirm the country is nuclear anymore by withdrawing from decades-old test ban treaties.

(mumbles something about hearing and scales)

Makes sense. He has only made self-sabotaging braindead descisions so far, why stop now.

By Milton-Bradley

It is not. Read between the lines.

Putin has all but publicly confirmed that his entire nuclear force is in the same corrupt, corroded state his conventional forces are in.

You're being fearmongered to by an impotent little man who has no more cards to play. Stop falling for it.

I am afraid to look ! (but you got my upvote!)

Every time he makes these impotent threats, he gets closer to declaring victory and pulling out entirely.

Is there any data that shows that the last times we inspected their missles they were in disrepair?

Fuck Russia.

Take a deep breath then relax. I grew up with the previous cold war and at times it scared the shit out of me because I was young and inexperienced in the global political way of things.

Now, with a reasonably long life of experience, I see this as sabre rattling and posturing. Believe it or not, things can get a lot scarier but in the end it will eventually blow over.

Private russian armies are being trained now, paid for by some of the wealthiest companies on earth, once ready they will remove putin and the kremlin.

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The only thing I could find was in a recent NPR article stating that inspections were put on hold back in 2020 due to covid, so probably 2-3 years at the least. However nukes have a lot of finicky components that have to function perfectly within a very narrow time frame in order to achieve critical mass. These components require regular and expensive maintenance. You can't just put them in a hole and forget about them until you need them or they won't work.

Are the reports from pre 2020 public knowledge? I guess not… but I wish they were… so interesting

I did a quick Google check and couldn't find anything. Doesn't mean it's not out there though.

Two hours of him droning on…hardest of passes

I'm bleeding, making me the victor.

Budapest Memorandum

The material in the nukes has a half-life, if that degrades too much then you can't have a proper nuclear explosion.

So nukes have literal timers and best-by dates if left as is.

So at best, if Russia did no maintenance, they have dirty bombs instead of proper nukes.

Can someone say if they can actually inspect that part of the nukes?

If I’m not mistaking a dirty bomb is a conventional explosive with nuclear material attached. I don’t think there’s any convential explosives in nuclear bombs though.

edit - Nevermind I see what you’re saying

Kind of high stakes to believe that he has no functioning nuclear weapons. Hopefully you’re not a general or head of state.

They were that close pushing the button in the cold war. What are you on about lol.

You said the very same thing when Russia spent like a month amassing troops at the Ukrainian border, didn't you.

"Just sabre rattling" am I right? A lot of people weee wrong once, wouldn't be surprised if they are wrong again.

Puting is in a position he literally can't back out from, and he was crazy enough to try to invade a souvereign country.

If he actually loses the war completely, don't doubt for a second he will be capable of the worst.

I'm not sure Putin really understands just how bad they are losing.

If I recall correctly you have to remove the core, and you essentially have to refine it again, removing all the decay products, and then you have to reshape it because the geometry of the core is super critical, and then you put it back in.

All right we'll call it a draw!

As if contracts with him are worth anything in the first place...

>You said the very same thing when Russia spent like a month amassing troops at the Ukrainian border, didn't you.

Link to where I said that? I call BS, the same as the rest of your comment. Go play with kids your own age.

Now owned by WoTC

So he hasn’t been trying this whole time? The casualties say otherwise.

No, it isn’t. But as for those that think it is, they’re very easily swayed into compromising their own safety to appease Putin.

So is this the downfall of the Putin Union?

A conventional war would be bad enough. Mainly my worry is a simultaneous war in Europe and Asia, or another war following an intensified rivalry with all the involved parties. There’s no backing down from aggression here, but even if we win that, it doesn’t mean it won’t suck.

It’s not just about Russia though. There’s a developing coalition of autocratic states supporting each other. We need to take that seriously and develop diplomatic countermeasures

And he can back that up with the fact Russia has lots of money under the mattress to finance an arms race….oh wait

>Mainly my worry is a simultaneous war in Europe and Asia,

Don't be ridiculous. No one wants to keep fighting this bullshit invasion except Putin. And that impotent little Vladolf Shitler doesn't even pose a legitimate threat to Europe, let alone NATO...and he knows it.

That's why he attacked Ukraine instead of a NATO European country after all.

There's definitely conventional explosives in a nuclear weapon, that's how they get the core to super criticality to begin the nuclear reaction.

This is what right wing politics always leads to - death and collapse.

It is only a matter of time until the rightwing politician starts conquering again, leading to war.

I believe my favorite sheriff put it best: "We are gonna die. I'm out of here!"

How do you like my face to foot style?

Oh, didn’t realize. Always assumed it was electrical or something.