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AudienceWatching t1_j6lwlsc wrote

Putin may also be dead by then to

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Sxzym OP t1_j6lx0nv wrote

There is no guaranty that the other one will be better then Putin.

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RandomStuffGenerator t1_j6m4te2 wrote

Not at all, but he will likely be less powerful and receive a country with a collapsed economy, a decimated military, no diplomatic leverage, a huge pile of sanctions, and probably very difficult internal conflicts.

It still sucks that they have nukes (probably even more so, since selling them to rogue states gets quick cash to deal with these problems), but Russia will otherwise pose no threat to anyone but the Russians who didn't make it out if there, at least for a decade.

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Chance_Specific_1731 t1_j6lxekt wrote

Nobody, at least in my opinion, seems to think that Russia is abiding by any treaties. One has to wonder if their nuclear arsenal is even operational or in any kind of good repair given the state of their army. They could use a few silos to occasionally flaunt their bluster. However, given the expense of maintenance, you have to assume that not all of them are working.

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brooksram t1_j6lzyi0 wrote

We ( US) spend russias entire defense budget, on maintenance of our nuclear arsenal alone.

65,000,000,000/yr

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reddebian t1_j6m9o27 wrote

So yeah, we can be sure that many of Russias don't work. There will still be a fuck ton of functioning ones though

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brooksram t1_j6msdam wrote

I'm more convinced that they spend the majority of their budget on that , than everyone just stealing it all.

They obviously don't have 6k nukes at the ready, it's just impossible, But unfortunately, they don't need 6k.

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RiskenFinns t1_j6m08ly wrote

War-time Kremlin has been rather inconsistent, to date, with regards to their threats and warnings and such like.

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DarkLamont t1_j6n6ttp wrote

Not sure what treaty they're talking about. They threaten to nuke the world daily

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oripash t1_j6m7h22 wrote

What value does a treaty Russia has committed its word it will uphold have?

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MSadlaV t1_j6n49fn wrote

so world not ending before 2027

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macross1984 t1_j6lx2jg wrote

There is already enough nuclear missile to destroy the world many times over so if Russia want to create ever more powerful nuke they can try but first they will be saddled with reparation payment to Ukraine, rebuilding their own military, root out endemic corruptions and so on.

Where's the money coming from, eh?

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grogling5231 t1_j6m5lmw wrote

They already did that some decades back. Then I believe canceled the program without ever testing a full-strength version of the warhead. Yield would have been around 100 megatons if it had the U238 in the test bomb's makeup (purposefully omitted for the test). Only one was ever made and the program was abandoned.

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Lost_Possibility_647 t1_j6mawkm wrote

Well, if they dont have an nukes anymore, there would be no point in the deal.

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creativename87639 t1_j6mrb53 wrote

Russia doesn’t really follow the agreements anyway which is why the START agreement was pretty much abandoned.

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sleaklight t1_j6lye2e wrote

They do know if they end it, that they're getting the shafted hard?

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Spectre777777 t1_j6m2zez wrote

I point having treaties with Russia when Russia is looking to not exist by 2026

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Hguhkr t1_j6nushq wrote

Great we have ww3 date

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finevcijnenfijn t1_j6o5upr wrote

'Russia' says a lot of things. Nobody cares anymore. We are all just waiting for Putin to die.

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