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Right now yes, nuke forces are crippled and no longer sufficient to do their job in many cases. Essentially they are sufficient in just one case: Russia finds itself in unmanageable situation and attacks countervalue first, in a deliberate suicide to take everyone else with it. To me it seems highly unlikely. In all other situations, nukes will simply play too little role with every possible conflict fought and won without or with very minimal use of nukes.

They didn't update for 30 years after all, and conventional smart weapons evolved a great lot in the same period. Nukes are almost not needed for counterforce (almost, because area targets such as sub bases and mobile ICBM garrisons are still better attacked with airburst nukes, but these are so low number it will be inconsequental from humanitarian or environmental standpoint).




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