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Russia says it has test-fired another hypersonic missile
The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military's long-range strike capability amid the fighting in Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said the Admiral Gorshkov frigate of the Northern Fleet in the White Sea launched the Zircon cruise missile in the Barents Sea, successfully hitting a practice target in the White Sea about 1,000 kilometers (540 nautical miles) away.
[...] Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Zircon is capable of flying at nine times the speed of sound and has a range of 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). Putin has emphasized that its deployment will significantly boost the capability of Russia's military.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 31 2022, @07:35PM (1 child)
reprisal in kind, sure, like city for city...but not necessarily MAD.
What happens when Russia nukes a border city in Ukraine to create a radioactive iron curtain?
Will that trigger MAD?
Cause that would be kinda stupid and pretty sure NATO or whoever else is not going to want MAD to start from that scenario.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 01 2022, @03:32AM
The 1964 film Fail Safe [wikipedia.org] ends in a 1 for 1 exchange of cities. It's the same basic scenario as Doctor Strangelove, but done seriously instead of as a comedy. I thought the recurring dreams one of the characters has about being a matador was a particularly interesting metaphor.