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U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unless the enemy can intercept the missiles, then you need more to guarantee first strike capability.

If you need 500 nukes to hit and the enemy can destroy 90% of missiles then you build 5000+

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Again, that's more about delivery systems than just having more nukes. The capacity to intercept comes down to how fast and stealthy the missiles are.