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Posted: 2/25/2019 1:33:34 PM EDT

Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes.
The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland.
The report, unusual even by the sometimes bellicose standards of Russian state TV, was broadcast on Sunday evening, days after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was militarily ready for a "Cuban Missile"-style crisis if the United States wanted one.
With tensions rising over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a Cold War-era arms-control treaty unravels, Putin has said Russia would be forced to respond by placing hypersonic nuclear missiles on submarines near U.S. waters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/after-putins-warning-russian-tv-lists-nuclear-targets-in-u-s-idUSKCN1QE1DM

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:35:12 PM EDT

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Orange Man again?

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:35:43 PM EDT

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Russian state television has listed U.S. military facilities that Moscow would target in the event of a nuclear strike, and said that a hypersonic missile Russia is developing would be able to hit them in less than five minutes.
The targets included the Pentagon and the presidential retreat in Camp David, Maryland.
The report, unusual even by the sometimes bellicose standards of Russian state TV, was broadcast on Sunday evening, days after President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was militarily ready for a "Cuban Missile"-style crisis if the United States wanted one.
With tensions rising over Russian fears that the United States might deploy intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe as a Cold War-era arms-control treaty unravels, Putin has said Russia would be forced to respond by placing hypersonic nuclear missiles on submarines near U.S. waters.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nuclear-russia/after-putins-warning-russian-tv-lists-nuclear-targets-in-u-s-idUSKCN1QE1DM

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It would be a shame if they listed all of the targets instead of two of the most obvious ones.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:37:28 PM EDT

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How is their aircraft carrier doing these days?

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:37:45 PM EDT

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Ok, where is the list?

Modern journalism sucks.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:38:03 PM EDT

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Eh, as long as they hit NYC, NJ, most of the New England and California, I'm actually okay with it.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:39:10 PM EDT

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Say when. We'll be there in 30 minutes or less or it's free.

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Posted: 2/25/2019 1:39:21 PM EDT

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Woah, woah, you mean in case of a nuclear war they'd hit important military, C2, and political sites?

I'm shocked.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:40:50 PM EDT

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I would be really curious to know how many missiles the Russians have that are actually capable of making it off the ground.

Their recent naval and air issues leads me to think they have an equal chance of nuking themselves versus nuking us.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:41:09 PM EDT

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I'm not saying we won't get our hair mussed, but... 30 million dead Democrats tops.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:41:45 PM EDT

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So long as the ruskies have Minneapolis/St Paul targeted I don't mind. They'd be doin us a favor to wipe these places off the map. Maybe we could talk them into targeting Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, and a few other places as well.

Eta: unknownhavoc beat me like a gay black man in Maga country.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:44:04 PM EDT

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I'm failing to see whyou they think we should be shaking over this. I am willing to bet our subs are constantly in their waters. Do they think we would not retaliate?

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:46:56 PM EDT

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Be a shame if those Russian subs started having "technical issues" and randomly started sinking

Its all flexing of course, but any Russian sub near US waters is likely actively being tracked and tailed.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:47:25 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/25/2019 1:48:09 PM EDT

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Oh, not to mention we have the largest Naval Base in the world on the east coast with a number of Aegis ships.

Whats the speed of an SM3 again?

ETA: Looks like the BMD SM3 Block 1a is roughly Mach 15

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:48:47 PM EDT

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Im sorry but Putin is a paper tiger like those big mouths in the Middle East

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:51:41 PM EDT

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My point stands.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:52:21 PM EDT

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I'm failing to see whyou they think we should be shaking over this. I am willing to bet our subs are constantly in their waters. Do they think we would not retaliate?

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The news story serves two purposes. 1. Showing down for the domestic mouth breathers in Putin's shit hole country. 2. Is supposed to ruffle feathers in our neck of the woods.

Straight out of the cold war playbook. For those too young to remember the cold war, this kind of rhetoric was a weekly occurrence.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:52:45 PM EDT

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Lol, in drydock. Permanently.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:53:41 PM EDT

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Ok, where is the list?

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No shit. Article says but doesn't include a list. What kind of half assed reporting is that?

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:53:48 PM EDT

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Orange Man again?

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Can’t be. He and Putin are best buds

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:54:36 PM EDT

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I would be really curious to know how many missiles the Russians have that are actually capable of making it off the ground.

Their recent naval and air issues leads me to think they have an equal chance of nuking themselves versus nuking us.

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And of the ones that make it off the ground, hitting the target and fission/fusion shit at the target.

I bet their dud rate is 50 percent.

Posted: 2/25/2019 1:55:59 PM EDT

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Oh the times they are a changin'

We need you Dr. Manhattan

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:01:22 PM EDT

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This is what real Russian interference in our elections would look like.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:02:42 PM EDT

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I'm torn, should I invest in a bigger desk so I can start practicing duck and cover again.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:03:13 PM EDT

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I know russia say's they've launched these things "up to mach 8"

but is there even any proof of this?

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:04:25 PM EDT

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So long as the ruskies have Minneapolis/St Paul targeted I don't mind. They'd be doin us a favor to wipe these places off the map. Maybe we could talk them into targeting Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, NYC, Chicago, and a few other places as well.

Eta: unknownhavoc beat me like a gay black man in Maga country.

I know yer havin' fun guys, but I gotta say, don't wish for a nuclear exchange. I have a nuclear emergency response kit, and most do not. So I can identify and avoid areas of radioactive contamination, which often spreads far, far from the blast zone. Everybody else gets to wander around lost and vomiting like a bad scene from The Day After (TV Movie 1983)

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:04:56 PM EDT

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I would be really curious to know how many missiles the Russians have that are actually capable of making it off the ground.

Their recent naval and air issues leads me to think they have an equal chance of nuking themselves versus nuking us.

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And, yet, we trust and use their missiles to ferry our astronauts to the international space station.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:06:59 PM EDT

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I know yer havin' fun guys, but I gotta say, don't wish for a nuclear exchange. I have a nuclear emergency response kit, and most do not. So I can identify and avoid areas of radioactive contamination, which often spreads far, far from the blast zone. Everybody else gets to wander around lost and vomiting like a bad scene from The Day After (TV Movie 1983)
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In all honesty, that's probably a better death than we'd get if the Democrats got their way.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:08:21 PM EDT

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New York, Boston, Denver and Los Angels aren't included. See map at link:

https://www.businessinsider.com/likely-us-nuclear-targets-2017-5

I join FNBrowning in not wanting a nuclear war. Does anyone seriously believe that the missile defense system would be used to protect the general population?

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:09:30 PM EDT

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I'm sure people smarter than me have discussed this, but I wonder how/if targets have changed to cause large disruptions to modern commerce.

Tech company data centers, the Hoover dam, major airports, NYSE, etc.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:09:50 PM EDT

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I would be really curious to know how many missiles the Russians have that are actually capable of making it off the ground.

Their recent naval and air issues leads me to think they have an equal chance of nuking themselves versus nuking us.

And, yet, we trust and use their missiles to ferry our astronauts to the international space station.

How often are the nuclear missiles checked versus the missiles used to launch into space? I assume anything mechanical needs periodic upkeep including the warheads?

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:11:02 PM EDT

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At one point they were targeting a structure at the center of the Pentagon, because is was clearly important. People were always going in and out of it.

it is a hotdog stand.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:11:03 PM EDT

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Yawn. The Russians aren't that stupid.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:11:51 PM EDT

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DUCK AND COVER! DUCK AND COVER!!

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:11:58 PM EDT

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gee, I wish we had a missile that could target that many Democrats....

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:12:28 PM EDT

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True. He has been around long enough to know any such attack would be met with a devastating response. He is just trying to look big and bad in front of his people.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:12:47 PM EDT

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Came to see if I'm on the list. Left disappointed.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:12:49 PM EDT

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@FNBrowning

You really have a nuclear emergency response kit? What does that entail?

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:14:11 PM EDT

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The Pentagon is a target? What a surprise!!

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:14:40 PM EDT

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I hope Pennington Gap, VA didn't make the list. Our two stoplights are vital to the country not to mention our large standing FSA.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:15:13 PM EDT

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Anybody that doesn't have SPF 1,000,000 sunblock is gonna have a real bad day.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:16:00 PM EDT

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Woah, woah, you mean in case of a nuclear war they'd hit important military, C2, and political sites?

I'm shocked.

I'm failing to see whyou they think we should be shaking over this. I am willing to bet our subs are constantly in their waters. Do they think we would not retaliate?

Sarcasm.

An 11 year old with an interest in military stuff could pick a likely nuke target list.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:16:44 PM EDT

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Sarcasm.

An 11 year old with an interest in military stuff could pick a likely nuke target list.

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Woah, woah, you mean in case of a nuclear war they'd hit important military, C2, and political sites?

I'm shocked.

I'm failing to see whyou they think we should be shaking over this. I am willing to bet our subs are constantly in their waters. Do they think we would not retaliate?

Sarcasm.

An 11 year old with an interest in military stuff could pick a likely nuke target list.

You'd be surprised how often adults in GD are completely wrong about this kind of stuff.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:19:40 PM EDT

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Posted: 2/25/2019 2:21:54 PM EDT

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I'm not saying we won't get our hair mussed, but... 30 million dead Democrats tops.

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Come back when you understand how a nuclear war actually works.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:22:15 PM EDT

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The Russkies have exponentially more than 4 US sites on their nuwep target lists.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:22:22 PM EDT

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That word "Hypersonic"... I don't think it means what you think it means (Putin)!

It really bugs me that people don't seem to know that an ICBM is by definition "hypersonic". 16,000 MPH bro... do you even math?!?

We should send some to him. Arm them with MIRDs... Multiple Independent Reentry Dildos.

Posted: 2/25/2019 2:27:22 PM EDT

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New York, Boston, Denver and Los Angels aren't included. See map at link:

https://www.businessinsider.com/likely-us-nuclear-targets-2017-5

I join FNBrowning in not wanting a nuclear war. Does anyone seriously believe that the missile defense system would be used to protect the general population?

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The general population isn't the target. It's our strategic and tactical nuclear arms and conventional armed forces.

With current weapon inventories, nuclear war between two nations is borderline winnable by one of those nations. It's not MAD anymore. It's the paradox of arms reduction.