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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWithout nukes Russia is a big gas station.
Sad they are leading our leaders around by the nose.
malthaussen
(17,289 posts)Why can they not be in perfect accord with Mr Putin?
And since Russia has nukes, it is rather pointless to talk about what they would be without them.
-- Mal
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)but then you get into the whole steroid thing.
LisaL
(45,019 posts)MFM008
(19,862 posts)And much of their military....
It would blow up in their faces.
Literally.
LisaL
(45,019 posts)capabilities.
"Neither missile can be stopped by the US's existing missile defenses. But with the introduction of the Satan 2, the electronics, targeting, and reliability will noticeably improve over that of the older missile."
http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-nuclear-missile-satan-2-2016-10
brush
(54,290 posts)forth to space so to think that they don't know how to handle their own weapons is . . . well I won't say.
I will say that they would most likely use nukes now that they have ours effectively neutralized since they now control Trump.
LisaL
(45,019 posts)brush
(54,290 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,724 posts)It is not a leader in anything else.
LisaL
(45,019 posts)With nukes, Russia is a nuclear power.
braddy
(3,585 posts)that military), and the countries that are easy pickings for them, and the weakening of will, unity, and confidence of NATO, and of NATO's ability to fight back.