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CaptainCrunch · 03-24-2010, 05:01 PM

It doesn't really make a significant shift, the numbers there still mean that a nuclear exchange is an unwinnable prospect.

These always make me nervous because of the inspection problem around Russia's reliance on mobile launchers with very few hardened sites. The American's still have vast sea and air borne delivery systems as well.

All this does is retire the older more obsolete systems while allowing both sides to implement newer more accurate counter force systems.

Once you get the equation to a point where there's the possibility of a winnable nuclear exchange due to accurate counterforce you get into a more scary prospect.

But on the other hand from a budgetary standpoint both sides save significant money to invest in better conventional defense systems.

03-24-2010, 05:01 PM	#3
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	It doesn't really make a significant shift, the numbers there still mean that a nuclear exchange is an unwinnable prospect. These always make me nervous because of the inspection problem around Russia's reliance on mobile launchers with very few hardened sites. The American's still have vast sea and air borne delivery systems as well. All this does is retire the older more obsolete systems while allowing both sides to implement newer more accurate counter force systems. Once you get the equation to a point where there's the possibility of a winnable nuclear exchange due to accurate counterforce you get into a more scary prospect. But on the other hand from a budgetary standpoint both sides save significant money to invest in better conventional defense systems. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!