Quote Originally Posted by paladin View Post
I read that last night. I remember hearing in my US history class in 11th grade that the Russians developed a 200 megaton warhead, the largest in any arsenal. It would literally incinerate 2/3 of the US on impact.

Also, why the fuck would the Us need 30k and Russian 40k nuclear warheads? Would we really ever need that many if a war broke out? (note US and Russia now have >3000 now)
it's all about second strike. If they bombed us we'd bomb them so hard it wouldnt be worth it for them. and vice versa.

a necessary evil tbh.