| > The aforementioned weapons systems only exist in labs if that. Look at their GDP. https://thebarentsobserver.com/en/security/2022/02/russian-n... "The missile can be armed with a nuclear or conventional warhead and has been tested several times over the last few years in the Barents Sea and White Sea regions, both from surface warships and the latest class of multi-purpose submarine." Sometimes it matters what a country spends its budget on rather than how much. This is all noted by our own DOD:
https://media.defense.gov/2018/Feb/02/2001872886/-1/-1/1/201... "U.S. efforts to reduce the roles and numbers of nuclear weapons, and convince other states to do the same, have included reducing the U.S. nuclear stockpile by over 85 percent since its Cold War high. Potential adversaries, however, have expanded and modernized their nuclear forces." "Russia possesses significant advantages in its nuclear weapons production capacity and in
non-strategic nuclear forces over the U.S. and allies. It is also building a large, diverse, and
modern set of non-strategic systems that are dual-capable (may be armed with nuclear or
conventional weapons). These theater- and tactical-range systems are not accountable
under the New START Treaty and Russia’s non-strategic nuclear weapons modernization
is increasing the total number of such
weapons in its arsenal, while
significantly improving its delivery
capabilities. This includes the
production, possession, and flight
testing of a ground-launched cruise
missile in violation of the INF Treaty.
Moscow believes these systems may
provide useful options for escalation
advantage. Finally, despite Moscow’s
frequent criticism of U.S. missile
defense, Russia is also modernizing its
long-standing nuclear-armed ballistic
missile defense system and designing a
new ballistic missile defense
interceptor." |