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| 0 | Edit | Delete Maybe instead of adding new weapons, Russia could just use its existing weapons to destroy all the weapons that NATO has, then nobody would need new weapons. Reply 
| 1 | Edit | Delete dvdgrg09, You should know that the human monkey can only be deterred with a big stick that you should never use but be ready at all times. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete Russia has a strong culture of aerospace engineering and has some very good weapons systems. Their problem is the lack of an industrial base to mass produce them in sufficient quantities. A prime example is the T-50 which is supposed to rival the F-22 and F-35. It will probably be an outstanding platform, but Russia currently only plans to build 12 of them. That compares to the almost 200 F-22s the U.S. built and the approximately 3,000 F-35s the U.S. plans to build. A combination of Russia's engineering prowess with China's industrial base would be very powerful. It will be interesting to see how the relationship between Moscow and Beijing continues to develop. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete dvdgrg09, and 2/3 of the world's population would die in the nuclear exchange. Hence the term "mutually assured destruction". Africa and South America would be intact. North America, Europe, and Asia would be no more. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete coolerheads, there wouldn't be any exchange in my plan. Kills two birds with one stone. Isn't that the US plan? So how many people would die in this case? Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete dvdgrg09, I don't think that's possible. The U.S. and Britain both have substantial second-strike capability. There would be a guaranteed counter-response. Reply 
| 0 | Edit | Delete coolerheads, (sigh) have to go with the 2/3 then, but is that the best we can do? How about 3/4, or isn't there the nuclear winter, or the one where all the oxygen gets sucked out of the atmosphere?
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