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> Well Russia has about 6000 nukes so they could definitely afford to hit every major metro area in the west potentially dozens of times.

Having 6000 nukes ≠ 6000 nukes with operational readiness. If nuclear war were to break out, it is extremely unlikely that they could successfully use more than 1000 of those.

Not that that should make anyone feel any better about the situation, because even 1 nuke is too many.




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