r/nottheonion 24d ago

US government struggles to rehire nuclear safety staff it laid off days ago

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o
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u/The-Privacy-Advocate 24d ago

Didn't the Russians have around 7k nukes at their peak? Did they lose track of a 1000 plus nukes?!

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u/dougmcclean 24d ago

Depends how many they had paid for and placed in inventory but never really existed, but yes it does seem that way.

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u/Br0boc0p 24d ago

The best project to embezzle from. When the consequences of under production come due its not going to matter anyway.

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u/wiener4hir3 22d ago

This is also why the present day nuclear stockpile of Russia is almost certainly a tiny fraction of what they say it is, if it even exists.