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Jaded_Prompt_15 t1_ixubka4 wrote

Reply to comment by InMyMind4Life in Britain says Russia likely removing nuclear warheads from missiles and firing at Ukraine by Koeny1

Waaaay back in the day when we had a mutual disarment some US and UN inspectors were there when Russia disarmed some nukes.

They said that only 10-25% were functional, but you couldn't tell which until you started dismantling them.

I don't think Russia is trying to fire nukes and failing.

I think they're actually checking them all now, and anything that won't work as a nuke is being launched.

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critical_hit_misses t1_ixwbn61 wrote

Ones that have been shot down have had their nuclear payload replaced with ballast

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HouseOfSteak t1_ixvr530 wrote

So they're firing a bunch of non-explosive plutonium-headed missiles at Ukraine, or something?

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Z3t4 t1_ixxdq3c wrote

They replace the nuclear warhead with a conventional one.

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Immortal_Tuttle t1_ixwehop wrote

Nope. They are just using training version of Kh-55 as a decoy. Training version has a concrete ballast instead of nuclear warhead. Also the markings are different - exactly to not launch a nuke instead of training missile.

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