• Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    With the level of corruption they have in the reqular army, I’m pretty sure their fissile material is long past it’s prime and is now crumbly garbage.

    Because why wouldn’t you steal maintenance funds from a weapon that will never be used and if it’s used nothing really matters anymore.

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      1 year ago

      This is a case where you opponent cannot afford to be pretty sure

      You can have 85% malfunctional and 10% intercepted the ones working are enough to be a problem

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      1 year ago

      And not just fissile materials, but things like fuel, and machinery needed to run the rocket itself (high speed pumps full of precision parts, electronics, inertial guidance systems) along with the launch facility itself…