Russia invading Ukraine (NEWS/UPDATES)


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Does “could theoretically shoot down a nuke” mean “shoot down 6000 nukes simultaneously”?
Hence the question I posed
Could Russia launch 6,000 nukes simultaneously?

I image the first response would take out many permanent land missile silos and their subs would take a hammering, so the question would be how many are on mobile launchers that could survive first response.
Wouldn’t put it past them. I imagine they could launch a good number of them in succession
 
Does “could theoretically shoot down a nuke” mean “shoot down 6000 nukes simultaneously”?
6000 are not active close to 1500 are also many will have to be fired from the same site. They could not fire the full arsenal in one go couldn’t happen also everyone of these are on their first and only launch so might not work as good as they think.

It’s all ifs and buts at the moment.
 
He knew that would happen and has spent years preparing for it, Russia is essentially a continent, they bought up mega-tonnes of gold reserves recently, they expected all of this.
He didn’t expect Ukraine to go like this first step of his plan hasn’t been great, he can trade with Belarus in the future then, one last hurrah before he dies is what he wanted and he’s got it.
 

Russian rouble plunges in wake of sanctions​

Russia has about $630bn (£470bn) in reserves - a stockpile of savings - built up from soaring oil and gas prices.
But because a lot of this money is stored in foreign currencies like the dollar, the euro and sterling as well as gold, a Western ban on dealing with Russia's central bank restricts Moscow from access to the cash.
 
Yep fully agree, see my previous post lol… the T80 is Russian most advanced tank…. Maybe on par with the challenger 2 …. (I’d still rather have a challenger 2 though)
However we’ve already seen numerous T80/T72’s destroyed and broke down in ditches etc….
Massive losses for the Russians

I loved driving challengers around, magnificent wagons but always felt they were (are) too big. don't know much about the more 'modern' russian tanks these days. i know they keep upgrading the T-72 but you can only upgrade old gear so much. at some point something always breaks.
 
I very much doubt they could launch them all simultaneously...
The US treats their nuclear capable missiles like the Forth Bridge. They are constantly being maintained or put away at any given time.

Russia had to leave theirs in storage for decades. Putin might well have 6000 nukes but how functional they are is up for debate.
 
The US treats their nuclear capable missiles like the Forth Bridge. They are constantly being maintained or put away at any given time.

Russia had to leave theirs in storage for decades. Putin might well have 6000 nukes but how functional they are is up for debate.
Well I imagine the working stock will be quite low.. having said that you only really need a few
 
If they did set off thousands of nukes simultaneously, my advice to you would be go to bed.

May as well be vaporised when settling down for a sleep.
Not that I want to make anyone's nerves worse.

So don't read on if you are of a nervous disposition.

Modern nuclear missiles are about 20 mt and the one on Hiroshima was 0.5 mt.

I saw a program back in the 1970s that described a 20 mt hit. Anything in a 6 mile radius would be completely wiped out and the blast force would extend to a 10 mile radius.

Where I live now is on the Welsh border so don't think we would take a direct hit but if Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham were nuked I dread to think of the radiations levels we would face.
 
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Darlington Hippodrome

In light of the escalating situation in the Ukraine, Darlington Hippodrome will no longer be presenting the Russian State Opera productions of Carmen and Aida which were scheduled for Tuesday 1 and Wednesday 2 March.

All ticket holders will automatically receive a full refund - there is no need to contact the theatre.

We appreciate that the production company and artistes involved in these productions are in no way responsible for the actions of the Russian government and this decision was not an easy one to make. However, it is imperative that we share our support and solidarity towards the people of Ukraine during this difficult time.
 
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