How Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal, the World’s Largest, Compares With Others | WSJ

Russia has the largest inventory of nuclear weapons in the world, but many are in need of modernization.
WSJ breaks down Vladimir Putin’s arsenal as Moscow touts its nuclear capabilities amid the war in Ukraine.
Illustration: Eve Hartley
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[@87channels]

Im just impressed by all the camermen's tracking of the missiles

[@toeknee5777]

Well u know how these high tech cell phones are these days. ..some are even nuke proof

[@toeknee5777]

Oh, and this is probably one time we should have paid attention ( the world) to the 'NO NUKES' rallies in the world.

[@toeknee5777]

@Al appreciate the info al

[@guerovillalbaso4076]

87 gang that’s right

[@toeknee5777]

It's like a golf game on tv...tracking the tee shots

[@V3ritas1989]

used in "combat". I don't think these civilians in Nagasaki and Hiroshima were doing much combat...

[@jamesphilip6737]

Japan's population was ready for an Allied invasion which would've killed far more Japanese and Americans.

[@cliff311976]

War Criminal Americans are the only country in the world to have used nukes on Civilians

[@juanmaderiverplate7038]

Thats rigth

[@johnmikkosantos5254]

Yep, poor japanese right? Imagine thousands of innocent lives killed by imperalist USA. Poor them right?

[@kckennedy1325]

@@cliff311976 we were the country that came up with it, Japan is the one who lied in peace relations nd started pearl harbor, and nukes weren't a war crime then

[@alostbard]

Back in the 80's, when the U.S. and U.S.S.R. had 10x this amount, I was growing up about 30 miles from Damascus, Arkansas, where a Titan II missile exploded in a silo (the 9 megaton warhead was blown out the top and landed about 100 feet away without going off). Everyone was so used to constantly being under nuclear threat at that point, we all just kind of shrugged and went about our daily lives.

[@toeknee5777]

Now that's wild..I never heard of it but sometimes you just believe someone...thats still kinda scary

[@georgeyoung2336]

Nuclear weapons are extremely complex. I always thought Hollywoods portrayal of them was funny. People stuck in a room with a nuke as the timer counted down. Trying to shut it down by cutting the red or blue wire. You want to keep it from blowing up a city then beat it with a freaking hammer.

[@georgeyoung2336]

@@nemiw4429 it’s actually a lot of explosions that need to go off at the very same time. If one is off by a fraction of a second the nuclear reaction won’t happen. If stuck in a room with a nuke, just start ripping out wires or beat it with a hammer.

[@georgeyoung2336]

@@nemiw4429 I disagree. No one is stupid enough to use nuclear weapons now. If anyone ever does it will be a rogue nation who buys one and sneaks it into the US.

[@georgeyoung2336]

It’s amazing what people can get accustom to.

[@bsting601]

That's scary numbers of nukes for just two countries. 😳

[@toeknee5777]

And it's amazing with all that's going on, the Republicans and democrats are focused on the mid terms

[@toeknee5777]

Rights will be wrong, and wrongs will be right. Been that way for a while...anyone agree?

[@robertdouglas8895]

Thank you Wall Street Journal for bringing more fear mongering to the media. The fear from covid was waning for nearly all of us and we need you to tell us what to do and think.

[@bsting601]

@@robertdouglas8895 it's giving information mate . Get over yourself

[@Thunder_Dome45]

America needs more. A lot more!

[@macattack1958]

Great way to start off the day. Nothing to fear.

[@sminem7466]

Here's what we know about Russia's Nuclear Arsenal... "Putin has pushed to modernize it" this means that everyone pocketed that money and then built Putin his palace. Who knows if anything even works.

[@zardozmyrh7789]

@@sminem7466 I wonder if that's true of North Korea also

[@BoomBurster]

Your lawns looking great!

[@thegr8rambino]

judgment day is inevitable

[@replikvltyoutube3727]

Yep, unironically. Knowledge is power. If you learn how to protect yourself against it, it suddenly doesn't become as scary

[@DaneReidVoiceOver]

Eventually someone is going to use these weapons again. Some old guy with a few years left on his life with nuclear toys and nothing to lose will go for it.

[@jasonlovell651]

We might possibly be seeing that happening at this very moment

[@walterhess8147]

Probably. Biden is capable of anything!

[@jasonlovell651]

@@walterhess8147 I think both are capable

[@TT-df9hp]

Putin is an old guy probably with a few years left on his life.

[@anachronox4342]

Pretty sure biden and putin could be that guy 😭

[@aug-pahunters51]

Do those warhead estimates include MIRVs or count that system as one?

[@ualrdyknowaitiz]

Warhead head, not launcher However, it either doesn't include submarine launched warheads or the estimate is way off... As no country disclose that number

[@FinancialShinanigan]

I hope nuclear war doesn't happen on a Friday, that'll be just cruel

[@samad0289]

Would Monday be better? 🙄

[@user-eg3cx5oz2f]

@@samad0289 maybe..

[@havoc7154]

Tell US and NATO.

[@nativeson1559]

@innancial Shinanigan, Ha ha ha ha ha ha 😂 😄 😆 🤣 😜 😀 Thanks for making my day. It is almost Friday.

[@nativeson1559]

@@samad0289 Lighten up brother. Life is just too stressful.

[@novascotianinfj]

correct me if im wrong here, but the warheads are not up to 400kt- these are MIRVS from the Satan 2. The Satan 1 was up to 400kt, Satan 2 is up to 750kt. Each missile can hold several of these warheads

[@mharris5047]

It is fitting that MIRV nukes bear the name "Satan". Nukes are the most satanic weapon ever developed, I hope my predictions are wrong and they are not used ever again.

[@ron6126]

That bomb is just too powerful.

[@toeknee5777]

Can u imagine someone on acid when they drop the nukes

[@kalpeshmanna7233]

That's what she said.

[@stevederp9801]

Russia is making these weapons as a defensive strategy. They can’t keep up with Americas offensive capabilities so they decided to make nuclear defensive weapons. So instead of wasting money on 5th generation planes or ships. They’ll make the Poseidon and sarmat which essentially ensures that those offensive weaponry that the United States has will never be used on them because there nuclear weapons are now so dangerous that we would lose. The Poseidon in particular is very terrifying. It can be launched and have an unlimited range because its a nuclear powered torpedo. So it can dive deeper than any submarine and go much faster. It can be programmed to hit any target whether it be Los Angeles or New York. And with new technology the idea is that they can make a tsunami weapon where the nukes are designed to make a massive tidal wave that can literally flood an entire city. Likely then hitting it with a nuclear cobalt salt bomb which will make the entire area uninhabitable for years.

[@karantikoo9302]

for decades

[@HelptheBroncos]

it doesn't matter who has the most warheads...no one wins in nuclear war.-----' me'

[@chhansen9813]

Awwww! Where have we all heard that before?

[@amika8828]

Putin's quote

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

Doesn't matter that Russia has more NUKES. NUKES are waste of money because it only takes 20 to destroy any country on the planet daaah. The US figured that out years ago.

[@chhansen9813]

@@Eagle0watch7dv it only takes one to destroy any country on the planet

[@Eagle0watch7dv]

@@chhansen9813 Bro, there's no nuke on the planet that's strong enough to even destroy one state in America.

[@Copernicus22]

I can't believe you left out hypersonic missiles

[@Realistic_Management]

2:27, it wasn't used in combat...it was used against a civilian population center...important to remember the difference.

[@ricksherman34]

Yeah well that's a quick way to end a World War when you nuke a few cities.Remember America did not start that war.... We just finished it.

[@theuncomfortabletruth8348]

@@ricksherman34 It is only quick when only one party has the nukes.

[@amevaio92]

@@ricksherman34 you wanna use that as a justification to drop nuke on civilian?

[@martinxavier4631]

We, a civilian are always the victim. Why must we have to be sacrifice? Why not its them?

[@jds6206]

Both were used in "War"; the "civilian population center" was a Strategic Wartime Target. Important to remember the difference. Think of Dresden, for instance.

[@Skyhulk95]

TSAR BOMBA was worlds biggest Nuclear bomb 50 + megatons the shockwave was felt 500km away

[@N0noy1989]

And how will they get that to the US? The technology to launch that is soviet Era.

[@nasx.6959]

@@N0noy1989 are u dmb? Russia has hypersonic missiles. Boreai submarines which are nearly undetectable will be your death from underneath the water.

[@otogiritobi1342]

@@nasx.6959 So Will yours, U.S. Also has undetectable subs, while you believe your motherland is lost in your delusional dream *that it's invincible* yeah make me laugh more. Russia will be A volcanic Hellhole. all the same my friend and so will we.

[@kayla7562]

@@N0noy1989 the tsar bomba is dropped by airplane. 😩

[@joeiborowski9763]

Tsar bomba was just a political propaganda point. They found out that it is much more efficient and destructive to drop many smaller bombs than one big one. That is why The nuclear capable countries have few megaton bombs , it there is some, it's a leftover from the 70s. The biggest one right now is probably the Chinese DF-5 ICBM one at 5 MT. The US is the B61 gravity bomb at 1.2 MT. Russia have a bunch at 850kt. Putin claims to have a 20MT torpedo but their is no evidence of it. He also claims to have the best tanks, but you see what's happening in Ukraine. The Tsar Bomba wasn't anything special. The US and other countries with hydrogen bombs can produce it too or even bigger. All you need is a 3 stage fission + fusion and third stage of more fusion. The US biggest bomb was Ivey Mike at 10.5 megatons, that was an accident, it was meant to be 4 megaton. The nuclear scientists didn't account for the lithium fusing too. So building even a 100 megaton bomb is possible and not special but inefficient in delivery and destructive power. You just use more Lithium Deuteride which is the main fuel for a hydrogen bomb and a U238 tamper. Matter of fact the Tsar Bomba was meant to be 100 megaton, but they put a lead damper in it to absorb neutrons to lower the yield so the aircraft can escape and lesser the radiation fallout 25%. But like I said, it is more efficient and destructive that your missile carry a package of 8 -10 450 kt bombs that can target 8-10 different targets than one big bomb.

[@SoCalFreelance]

Russia's Tsar Bomba (AN602) hydrogen bomb is 50+ megatons. During testing it destroyed all structures within 34 miles of ground zero, anyone within 62 miles of the blast would have received third degree burns, glass windowpanes were broken out to 560 miles away.

[@iawy8264]

Yes and the USA developed the atomic bomb Stalin stole the technology If Putin tries to start WW3 Russian people will assassinate him

[@lightning962]

This bomb is also not active anymore. They built 2. One was detonated and the other is disarmed in a museum. Even with a parachute the bomb almost killed the pilot that dropped it

[@Ilovecruise]

@@lightning962 you trust what the gov said?

[@lightning962]

@@Ilovecruise nope. But even so, if something like this was deployed, we’d know it would be coming

[@stant7122]

@@iawy8264 if WW3 got started, do you care what happens afterwards?

[@MAG320]

Everybody wanna either disagree or fight. Nobody wanna advance with diplomacy & the future of humanity.

[@samratpaul7047]

The world know which country used nuclear weapons in the history of the world. USA

[@user-jv6qo7ni4y]

What the world do not know is a circumstances in which the weapon was used. When usa used the weapon japan was already defeated, in fact it was a test of nuclear weapon on people. Usa is the empire of lie and evil.

[@mm-hq4qh]

can they ewen launch 50-60 year old missiles ?

[@boulaypa]

I am puzzled by these numbers ... how many will work ... after a certain number of year chemicals in rocket need to be changed / Serviced ...

[@oneshothunter9877]

+ that thirsty drunken russkies ripped out the wiring to sell it to be able to buy cheap vodka. 😁

[@tsiden6080]

Миру нужно равновесие. Ни одна страна не должна быть властелином мира, будь то это демократическая Америка или Россия. Как только одна из стран получит преимущество, олигархические круги этой страны начнут испытывать соблазн использовать это в корыстных интересах. Слава России!

[@Abbatyya]

you haven't touch on Avangard,Tsar bomb

[@entvisual]

interesting point!!

[@barneyclifton6402]

'Those numbers are similar'. Thanks, wouldn't have known 👍🏻

[@americangirl8970]

This is when you really hope there is an alien species thwarting nuclear explosions.

[@xiputjingtin9069]

The American military is that alien.

[@americangirl8970]

@@xiputjingtin9069 I'd feel safer if it were little green noseless non binary aliens with huge bug-like eyes and a slit for a mouth

[@xiputjingtin9069]

@@americangirl8970. They are likely far smarter than our species and decided to stay clear off of our planet.

[@robertdouglas8895]

Thank you Wall Street Journal for bringing more fear mongering to the media. The fear from covid was waning for nearly all of us and we need you to tell us what to do and think. Your choice for protection is either aliens or God.

[@Thunder_Dome45]

They started this. They took over Putin's mind and they are the ones causing all this war. They've been seen flying around our aircraft carriers for the last few years and they have taken over the minds of the commanders. It's all a big hidden conspiracy. If you don't believe that get some help. They'll help you.

[@alexvasilkov7812]

The first and last nuclear weapon used during war

[@SoloArdo]

Remember the US used it in ww2 , twice? And on civilizians?

[@RahimmacDonald]

@@SoloArdo don’t forget Japan attacked civilians too

[@SoloArdo]

@@RahimmacDonald we know, difference is a nuclear weapon is much more dangerous

[@b_to_the_b]

It’s stupid to speculate whether Russia would use them or not as we never thought they would invade Ukraine in the first place

[@walterhess8147]

Carrying out a military operation to stop the deliberate shelling of Russian people living in Ukraine is hardly comparable to nuclear war? Go sit in your safe space and take deep breaths through your mask. Fool.

[@daniellai7712]

@Storart Maroon lol propaganda

[@ThatGuyNamedElliot]

@@walterhess8147 lol traitor

[@ChrisBa303]

No disrespect to Ukraine, but invading your economically weak neighbor isnt the same as starting world war 3y

[@chhansen9813]

Why, they invaded Georgia and Crimea

[@ahsanmohammed1]

Good info Hate the dead tone of speaker sorry

[@vinylzappa]

Might the response in the silo, when Putin hits the button, be "YOU'RE KIDDING!"

[@AlexJoseck]

I agree that no one would win a nuclear war.

[@SkySentry7]

Except Africa of course, I hope everyone will be going there to survive. Even if it means to swim through the pacific and become shark dinner.

[@u.s.s.r1008]

@@SkySentry7 XD you forgot the after they bomb each other the ice age will come back 🤨

[@jubjub444]

The US would. Russia doesn't have as many cities as the US.

[@jubjub444]

@@Mike-gi2oi I'm sure Russia's 70 year old nukes still work...

[@yurigagarin5758]

Usa: can i have those missile Russia: sure i can send this missile within a sec

[@richardbroski2933]

more like, sure, take two...

[@Cyber-BuIIy]

You nerds act like Russia is the only one with nukes. The USA don’t talk about their nuclear capabilities because they’re far more superior compared to anything Russia has. Just take a look at all that Russian junk that now litters Ukrainian soil, lol 😂

[@picasoj5944]

@@Cyber-BuIIy US got nothing to talk about, they dont even have Hypersonic missiles

[@joeiborowski9763]

@@picasoj5944 You know that all ICBMs and SLBMs are hypersonic when they reenter the atmosphere? Hypersonic isn't special. The US has 11 Ohio class submarines that can launch 24 Trident D5 missiles, each capable of 8 450kt or 12 150 kt MIRVs ( warheads). Do the math, One sub can wipe out over 200 cities, imagine 11 subs. However due to START treaties , each missile is supposedly carrying 4 warheads. Instead of over 2000 cities , they can hit 1200 cities. How many cities do Russia have? And they can be parked right off the coast of Russia and hit it in 10 minutes. So what is so special about a hypersonic cruise missile? Is a nuclear war winnable with your hypersonics?

[@yurigagarin5758]

@@joeiborowski9763 Russia slbm bulava slbm lunch 4 balistic 16 seconds 🇷🇺💪💪💪💪 usa trident 2 missile 1 lunch cost 1month 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@pjacobsen1000]

The narrator sounds like she's sitting under her duvet with a flashlight, quietly speaking into the mic, worried that her parents might hear her.

[@andre1987eph]

How about an episodes on flesh falling off the bones after nuclear attack?

[@everthingoutdoors8181]

Id be interested in how many nukes are actually launchable in russia , as some may not know but u can't just let old nuclear missles sit they need to be maintenance

[@user-em8fq2ev4b]

yeah...especially after all the sanctions. I bet there are more than half of them that Russians themselves would not want to launch for fear of denotation on site due to lack of maintenance...

[@jasonmeador7861]

Yes like a bad bottle rocket. Go up about 40 feet and explode lol

[@onoyomettah7462]

Your report of Russia's nuclear inventory is obtained from the United States, wow, did you also obtain your report of United States Nuclear inventory from Russia? if not why is that?

[@musictrans]

what about stopping proxy war?

[@alparslankorkmaz2964]

Nice video.

[@IKEMENOsakaman]

No war!!!!!

[@Jspath3]

Why does it matter how many nuclear warheads a country has when it only takes one to cause permanent damage?

[@daveyork0]

Awful to think that the press of a button or the pulling of one lever can cause the firebombing elimination of an entire city

[@shubhendamshrotriya2034]

Narration could be louder pls

[@commonsense504]

Nuclear missiles don't have to hit a target to be devastating to electronic infrastructures below on the ground. I doubt it would take many in the upper atmosphere above us to turn the lights out for most of the northern continent.

[@zacrl1230]

Most things would not be bothered. And the majority that were would just need to be power cycled. Read a book sometime, might learn something.

[@chhansen9813]

Gee, thanks for that brilliant comment! As if even grade schoolers didnt know that!

[@seodreamteam]

There goes our command & control to respond while Russia launches it's ICBMs that have multiple warheads. I heard our ICBMs now only have 1 warhead. Russia has ICBMS on their subs, we don't and only 1/3 are on patrol. The other 2/3s are in port with their missles out of range to reach Russia. I could go on but the point is Russia is better prepared for a first strike. What will a cornered rat do?

[@josetrapaz]

​@@seodreamteam leaves it people n hop onto the iss

[@josetrapaz]

​@@seodreamteam jus jokes

[@abalu5547]

Reporter says it's not clear what stage these new weapons are at in terms of whether their past research and development whether they've been tested-whether or not they are effective-she mentioned the zircon hypersonic-it's incorrect and inaccurate for her to say that at the time of this report which is clearly during the Ukraine war so this is clearly within the last few weeks-to say that it's not clear where these tests are at where these weapon systems are actually trying to paint a Rosy picture that maybe Russia doesn't have those advanced weapon systems that we don't have-it's fake news really because Russia does have the zircon she says it's not clear where they're at with zircon whether they've successfully produced it yes it is clear-they just showed it in November and December of last year they demonstrated multiple launches of the zircon hypersonic that were successful! I don't know where this lady gets her information now she's talking about it doesn't mean you Clara will happen maybe nuclear won't happen I mean what's the meaning of these maybe TV shows?! It's highly unlikely it's highly unlikely- these are people that didn't see anything coming!

[@seodreamteam]

High school level report...we are always too optimistic and should error on the side of worry when the stakes are so great.

[@akgamingzz]

Say the guy on youtube

[@nickortiz5493]

Russia got nothing left but fireworks

[@junebug8485]

If you think that's a lot the US and USSR each had over 40k nuclear weapons before the limitation treaties came into effect.

[@glenaegarlock7346]

I lost brain cells reading these comments. You guys should put your phone down.

[@worldclassmma7466]

You didn't have any to begin with

[@frankwinds7885]

We're just one misunderstanding, one mistake, or one psychopath leader away from a nuclear conflict....

[@DaniyarAlibayev]

Why so many nuclear warheads...

[@artmdc]

A certain country seems to be absent from the arsenal size graphic..

[@johnnyconcrete5257]

Israel

[@Ingens_Scherz]

It's a very different situation than it was at the height of the Cold War. In those days - which I lived through - at the peak, the USA and allies possessed 50,000+ deliverable nuclear devices of every imaginable kind against the Soviets' 60,000+ That was my world in 1984. An all-out nuclear war would have, very simply put, sterilised the biosphere. (Read "The Last Ship" (1988) by William Brinkley if you want a reasonably accurate insight into how that would have looked.) This situation is potentially terrible, and could lead to a strategic nuclear exchange. But, even if it did, the fact is that while most of the populations of the Northern Hemisphere would be essentially wiped out give or take a few million, most of the rest of the world would definitely survive. So, it's most surely an utterly terrifying prospect, but in 2022 it's not the end of "The" world. Just my world.

[@IKENAK]

Yeah the Europeans will wipe each other out like always, at least this time the rest of the world can move on after the upcoming 'World War'

[@frazer3191]

Look at the model forecasts post nuclear attack today in 2022. do you have any idea how many millions of tons of smoke and soot and carbon will be pumped into the atmosphere and block out the sun? Imagine every city in Europe and America at full firestorm all burning at once. The amount of smoke will travel up and on the wind around the world. While the population of The northern hemisphere will be gone. The Southern Hemisphere will have limited if any sunlight. Crops will fail. Livestock will die. People will starve. The lack of sunshine will reduce the temperature to the point that even the hottest places on earth will freeze at night. There’s no winner. And with America’s 1760 launch ready alert missiles the U.K. s 120 and Frances 200 plus 2000 from Russia all going off within half an hour today in 2022 is more than enough explosive power to put enough smoke into the sky to just about finish us all off.

[@toeknee5777]

Well, that's one theory...but how many wold die in the years of aftermath due to wars,murders, lawlesness,lawlessness, prob a few more nuke laying around unaccounted for. However it's not the way mankind is going to totally end anyway...see 'revelations'

[@frazer3191]

@@toeknee5777 revelations to me is an almost text book description of the after effects of all out nuclear war.

[@CrayonCats]

If nukes are used by both parties the sun would be blocked out from all of the dust and fallout put into the atmosphere, the radiation would also slowly spread killing almost every living animal. It'd be a mass extinction even like the dinosaurs.

[@mohamedosman2183]

Oh Yeah. After all this Knowledge then go and cry for "close the sky" for Ukraine. Let this war not escalate beyond Ukraine if you rather fear for entire Humanity.

[@studentstudent5044]

Sweden used to have a nuclear weapons program in the 70s

[@justfortheviews1383]

I would like to send some on the spratly islands.

[@jeffpotter2934]

Why didn’t you include Israel nuclear weapons?

[@Igor_054]

Israel does not confirm having them.

[@tophatv2902]

@Hendra Li we can’t compare them because we have no specs

[@Interestingten10]

'1:23 " those numbers are similar" no russia have 550 more warheads.

[@knowledge3563]

just one russia sub with 500 nukes can end usa and nato in 15mins and thats just one sub plus russia have more nukes the then world do

[@fc7424]

@@knowledge3563 hahahaha 🤣😂🤣....get your hand off it. If Russia's nuclear arsenal and capability is maintained the same and is as outdated as the Russian military that's now invading Ukraine it's not a good sign Most of Russia's nuclear weapons must be in a poor condition if not out of service hahaha 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@knowledge3563]

@@fc7424 go and ask usa that still use russian rocket engine rd-180 for space and the russian rocket engine rd-180 is old but works fine even today and its years old and for your comment about russian military that's now invading Ukraine it's not a good sign hehehe my friend usa was in a war for 20years and lost russia in a fight for little more then 2weeks and the world think russia lost my friend wait and see and then comment back to me in days time ok and we see what is what then ok deal

[@worldclassmma7466]

Most don't work

[@worldclassmma7466]

@@knowledge3563 russia weak we can beat them and China qt the same time

[@jojolafrite90]

It's like if John Gotti was president of the US and had full control of nukes.

[@DeepakYadav-qw1om]

1:07 Are there only the countries having nuclear weapons in the world?

[@ScientistDog]

No, they are missing India, Pakistan and Israel, which all have more than North Korea.

[@pjacobsen1000]

The future nuclear weapons are nuclear pistols that shoot tiny warheads with a yield of 3-5 micro-tons of TNT. Their mushroom cloud is about the size of a real button mushroom. We call them 'cute nukes'.

[@dynestis2875]

If the future uses nuclear weapons, a 70's technology, then we won't hsve advanced much

[@pjacobsen1000]

@@dynestis2875 I'm not aware of anything that can replace them.

[@rlmasterrace]

If the future will exist in the first place

[@interrobang98]

Did we really need you to tell us the numbers of weapons were similar, show us the numbers of weapons, read them to us, then tell us they're similar? I can read and I know what numbers are.

[@_bot_4638]

The difference only sufficient to nuke whole of USA

[@ThatPianoNoob]

@Allen in my estimation these numbers are quite similar.

[@exoticbandage3198]

I can only pray for better days until people to get along with one another there is no good and in war no matter what side it is

[@mikemike4705]

In South America and Africa, they will hardly notice we are all gone after WW3 goes off. Don't worry Humanity will carry on as usual

[@garyshields2734]

That's crazy. Do a real time strategic examination of Russia's nuclear potential, and how much damage can be done in a 1 Megaton nuclear bomb. In reality, these things pop open, as the fall towards their targets. They splinter their payloads into smaller groupings, like a 4th of July large firework in the sky as it explodes. Each one of these wheel spokes is a 200 kiloton atom bomb from the parent payload. The volume the weapon's energy spreads into varies as the cube of the distance, but the destroyed area varies at the square of the distance. Thus 1 bomb with a yield of 1 megaton would destroy 80 square miles. While 8 bombs, each with a yield of 125 kilotons, would destroy 160 square miles. A Megaton is 1000 kilotons. A kiloton is 1000 tons of TNT. A Megaton then is 1,000,000 tons of TNT. The ton of 2000 pounds of TNT. Therefore, 2000x1,000,000 = 2,000,000,000 pounds of TNT. As was explained in the opening paragraph, the B. L. E. V. Y. (blast leveling equivalent value yield) of that just under 1 Megaton atom bomb is a total square mile area of approximately 1/2 of the total land mass of Pennsylvania. A 2 - missile strike, of this 9000 kiloton atom bomb type, is sufficient to destroy the entire State of Pennsylvania. Russia's largest nuclear warheads is 58 Megaton, called a Tzar Bomb. Russia has hypersonic missiles that travel at Mach 20. Mach 1 is 600mph, depending upon air temperature. That is approximately 3 miles a second. You would even see it as it flys by you. America cannot shoot those down To further complicate matters, the best time to shoot down the middle is when you're with in close range and can hit it before it reaches the upper atmosphere. When it pops open, it's impossible to stop all of the splintering shells containing those 200 kilotons payloads. In other words, We're Going To Be Toast. All of the United States of America is Going to be Toast. Not just one or two cities. The entire land mass area will become a gigantic mushroom farm of atom bomb explosions, all at once. Russia has a 6,257 atom bomb stockpile. Just that one 58 Megaton has enough nuclear energy in it to make enough, 200 kiloton bombs to do the job just described. Russia has two super sized super gigantic massively payloaded nuclear missiles, called Satan I and Satan II. When one of these falls, it blasts enough splinter bomb fragments in every direction to take out the entire East Coast, not just Washington DC. A win win scenario is impossible.

[@lukedowneslukedownes5900]

Not many people viewed your comment but I see it. Thank you for the knowledge, I believe out of the longevity to humanity alive, the US will only bomb to kill Putin, they will not bomb cities just to match russias dumb decision

[@garyshields2734]

@@lukedowneslukedownes5900 You Do realize, Russia has 5,247 nuclear warhead atom bombs ranging in blast towels of 900 kilo to 58 megaton hydrogen atom bombed and Hypersonic missiles that can go 20x the speed of sound and we don't, and nuclear submarines off the West and East Coast, that fire 4 ICBM hypersonic Polaris missiles that travel at Mach 8 and we don't, right ?

[@AnonymousUser-tp6ij]

I think you’re overestimating Russia. They’re a glorified gas station. Anything they say is usually just for show. They may have the technology for hypersonic missiles, but do they really have the industry? Also most Russian nukes take loads of maintenance, I believe the maintenance of American nukes alone was higher than the entire Russian military budget over the course of a year. So I don’t think they’re gonna be able to afford/produce/maintain any of the things you mentioned. Remember they’re a struggling Covid economy under immense economic pressure, I think Russia will collapse before we go to nuclear war. They’re bluffing.

[@garyshields2734]

@@AnonymousUser-tp6ij This is a 58 megaton Russian bomb made in 1961. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqXYk2umbseAqLM

[@Kot-ld1jk]

@@AnonymousUser-tp6ij in Russia there are 70 cities for servicing nuclear warheads and yes the russian federation is the first country that invented an intercontinental missile and so I’ll say as a citizen of Russia it’s good that you underestimate us it means those who are not afraid to die as the great Chinese philosopher said when you are strong show that you are weak I’ll say so well let's try if the gut is not thin, even 10 percent of Russia's arsenal is enough to destroy the United States, it's stupid to underestimate the enemy, well, time will tell

[@cupakbaik3720]

Only USA used atomic bombs... It is used to nation that did not have nuclear powered war head... WSJ should be more curious on USA atomic bombs...

[@user-lq9sl1ge8v]

They in effect tested the nuclear bomb on not military inhabitants. Japan by the time of the explosion was near a defeat, and had no strength to any resist.How dare after that americans speak about right of humans?

[@presidentstevenking]

ONE!!!! Thats the limit.

[@pirmansyah-oe1it]

Apocalypse film always showing after nuclear war. Can their bom converting as power supply? Poor countries need this for facing crisis on 2050

[@mirekslechta7161]

Remaining a NATO member- what does it mean? It means assured destruction of all 29 small NATO members in case of the nuclear war between two giants- USA and Russia- is that clear to people in small non nuclear NATO states? Such an catastrophic event is far more likely to happen than it was prior the war in Ukraine. This is USA´s cold-blooded strategy: Whichever small and non-nuclear NATO member does not mind absorbing a good part of Russia´s devastating nuclear power instead of USA´s cities should remain a NATO member and wait untill that they would come. Such a brainwashed nations like Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and so on.. are going to be praised(by USA) for remaining a NATO members of course, since they are waiting for warheads which otherwice would explode above USA´cities ! Cornering Putin and his Russia is becoming a gamble we should not practise at all, if we did not want to be dying in a horrible, horrible way and in a huge, huge numbers. This would finish states involved as we know them.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

The question is if those nukes are getting the same maintenance treatment the Russian military gets as seen in Ukraine its safe to assume a large percentage of those nukes are non-functional or reduced capacity.

[@azieldaly2965]

I wouldn't bet on that.

[@nsaurabh25]

Don't worry, they still have functional 100 MT Tsar Bomb, the largest nuclear weapon ever built, 20 of them would be enough for the US.

[@solidrockofjesuschristmini2423]

Ppl are crazy if your relying on them to not work 😂😂😂 it only takes one, ppl forgot they developed Satan 2 which is the largest nuclear weapon on earth and that's pretty recent

[@imyourdad2458]

True that,, don't know whether it will work properly or not,it might land even in their land if fired.

[@solidrockofjesuschristmini2423]

@Chano Leyva it would only take one a country to do insane damage, not in service yet? I wouldn't exactly count on that, its due late 2022 projected from 2016, Satan 2 is multiple nuclear vehicles as they call them in one, equipped with decoys, when it breaks off it turns into multiple war heads each heading to their designated areas which means they can take out multiple cities or bases, and if you try to shoot them down that's where the decoys come into play, it's 2022 and it was due in 2022 so I wouldn't assume they don't have one

[@Anonymous-ur6dl]

If they press the button we all doomed 🥺

[@xboxgamer2705]

Never say never this could trigger world war 3

[@EyFmS]

From all those weapons, I wonder which ones will blow up at launch...knowing how old they are and with all the economic turmoil coming to them how much will they be able to maintain them all.

[@alexsis8980]

It's time to check it out.

[@Halloween6-6]

everyone pounced on Russia for poor Ukraine ... why was everyone silent when America destroyed: Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Libya, Serbia ... what a double standard 🤮🤮🤮🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@iawy8264]

That's because "everyone" is not believing your lies USA helped get Russia out of Afghanistan Iraq leadership was evil and he invaded his neighbours once to often and it was Iran that desrabilised Iraq, UN led the response to Serbia not US the others were endemic wars like the Arab Spring that murdered countless Christian minorities that are innocent "Everyone is not agreeing with you " because your a liar

[@Halloween6-6]

@@iawy8264 you fake - lake your democracy USA ..

[@jarmakhanyoldoshev4961]

5900 vs 5400. Similar numbers, right?

[@jshepard152]

1:05 Start here.

[@mohammedgori9492]

Russia not Iraq Afghanistan our Syria

[@mrbrain3339]

Yes, it is like other planet. Size of country more than Pluto.

[@francishallare204]

@@mrbrain3339 for a country that size and vast resources the leadership seem to deprive people of opportunities.

[@alexsis8980]

@@francishallare204 I am from Russia, you are very right. This may be the cause of future turbulent changes, perhaps even a revolution in our country.

[@frazer3191]

The entire U.K. needs to watch the movie THREADS How can we be talking about a Third World War when the U.K. has no provision for the protection of the civilian population. There are No fall out shelters, no bunkers or bomb shelters. No air raid siren network anymore either. Most of the local government bunkers have been sold off or turned into museums. No nuclear government or military bunker in the U.K. is capable of surviving a direct hit from a high yield thermo nuclear weapon. Including Pindar 12 stories below the MOD. Or the corsham central war headquarters, or RAF high Wycombe or neatshead. We have bunkers but not deep enough to be of any use. N O N E. The royal yacht which the royals are supposed to be evacuated to in a nuclear war is decommissioned. The U.K. has zero missile defence capability. Zero anti ballistic missiles like we had in the Cold War.we have nothing. Our 6 anti air naval destroyers are not capable of intercepting and shooting down ballistic missiles. So talk about using them to protect London is fantasy. So we have no defence no preparations no shelters no bunker. In such conditions how can we possibly ever entertaining fighting the Third World war? Suggesting we do is akin to suggesting we commit mass suicide. The U.K. is tiny. Little more than a dozen Russian warheads on the U.K. could kill 50 million. In half an hour. If any government minister escapes or any general survives in an airborne command post, they will quickly realise survival was futile as There won’t be a population left to govern. The few remaining survivors will be dead within a month from radiation poisoning and starvation.

[@JohnWick-stardawg]

Lol the empire is crumbling more and more each day

[@frazer3191]

@@JohnWick-stardawg The empire crumbled 60 years ago. It no longer exists. Britain is not alone in being wide open exposed and vulnerable so is Everybody else. except Switzerland not much to LOL about mate

[@toeknee5777]

@@frazer3191 yea, and don't be surprised if Switzerland is the first to go...my points a thatcourse in time it won't matter what country you are

[@Debakun]

@@toeknee5777 yes. The clouds will block the sun. And no crops will survive without sun .

[@robertdouglas8895]

Thank you Wall Street Journal for bringing more fear mongering to the media. The fear from covid was waning for nearly all of us and we need you to tell us what to do and think.

[@user-zg7cf4bs4v]

This is unintentional asmr 😄

[@dannanas9722]

Spend your money and have fun tomorrow the nukes are coming

[@t0n0k0]

This month of Russian invasion into Ukraine has taught me something personal, having a longer stick to beat everyone doesn't mean you have power over everyone, no matter how long it is. The X factor is always bigger and larger even in business; than you deduce.

[@angrybutgoodbosniak9128]

THE cia and fbi needs to man up and TRY to gang-stalk PUTIN AND RUSSIA. LOOOOOOOOL........with those dirty,coward covert-operations they USE ON people.........

[@aleckulik8242]

I suppose the US learnt that never won a conflict take Iraq and Afghanistan or even north Korea For example

[@joefish4466]

Bad analogy. Russia never had a long stick. Russia barely has a twig. Russia is the 2nd most powerful army in Ukraine. Russia is losing the naval war to Ukraine that does not have a navy.

[@imyourdad2458]

Russia's nuclear weapons is not their last card on the table to play but it is their only card they can play in the international arena and that's the reason why they've been showcasing their arsenal this whole time.

[@VOIDsick1]

In terms I doubt that if putin is trying to get back the USSR that nuclear warfare is probably what he worry’s to come because what happens is he issued a fair warning now if anyone gets in the conflict he will have to back up those words, and you think he’ll stop? It costs daily for war for supplies for everything how long can this individual hold out until he just looses it and launches the big boy bombs? We are all assuming what’s his next move and everything that’s on their tippy toes and in eggshells of what’s to come hope it isn’t a nuke.

[@knowledge3563]

ust one russia sub with 500 nukes can end usa and nato in 15mins and thats just one sub plus russia have more nukes the then world do

[@worldclassmma7466]

Yeah they scared

[@frankrenda2519]

same as the usa

[@VIEW_OF_THE_INDIA]

@@worldclassmma7466 everyone*

[@zoomplay3201]

Don't mess with the Russian Bear 🐻 lol! You will get 🔥

[@jeanhubley6202]

Why

[@SD-tq7ug]

This data from all EU-27 official arms exports registers shows that between 2015 and 2020, at least 10 EU member states have exported a total of €346 million worth of arms to Russia.s. France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Finland, Slovakia and Spain - to different extents - have sold “military equipment” to Russia. Our investigation shows that the term “military equipment” is broad and can include missiles, bombs, torpedoes, guns and rockets, land vehicles and ships.

[@irenmolnar221]

Russia is the biggest arms exporter, and they sell everything for money!!!

[@onoyomettah7462]

You must be dreaming. I guess the weapons you claim were supplied to Russia are T90 tank, AK 12, SU35, SU33, SU29, S400, S300. Russia produces and export weapons. Sorry, I don't think you know what you are talking about.

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

Uniforms,MRE's.

[@yyxy.oncesaid]

@@onoyomettah7462 look it up,he is correct

[@onoyomettah7462]

@@yyxy.oncesaid uniforms are not arms as he has reported.

[@alexandrostheodorou8387]

After seeing the Russian Army in action, in Ukraine. I doubt Russia’s forces are fully capable of using nuclear weapons successfully.

[@LaLenkaofficial]

I think the same, but.... I would not like to check if it is true or not.

[@aleckulik8242]

Well nato and the US took over a 100 days to defeat Iraq lol and that included carpet bombing .plus the Iraq military surrendered lol .my.point nato and the US equal paper tiger 🐅

[@jubjub444]

@@aleckulik8242 Is Russia winning? XD

[@raidang]

@@jubjub444 they are the loosing either.. Its a stalemate

[@jubjub444]

@@raidang LOL no. Russia is obviously losing.

[@turbochad69]

Certified oooof

[@petejohnson4479]

5k nukes but all it takes is one

[@ednasuter3297]

Your incredible generosity and thoughtfulness shone through in their job, this team 👆 are transparent

[@christianlibertarian5488]

Not a very good video. It basically said the US and Russia have nuclear weapons, and Russia has a lot more tactical nucs. The implications were not explored.

[@fun7423]

Why can't gold be renditioned to make h gas and the ocean of chemicals and sensations it makes....? Why are the trees gone This is so freaking sad....the co2 in July this year felt like it changed.....did you feel that????!!!

[@dbtech4562]

I see that others are interested in this topic In 2022.

[@pastorofmuppets22]

How does it compare? Considering the fact that the United States spends more annually maintaining and upgrading it's arsenal,than Russia spent on it's entire military in the last 10 years...the global concensus is that about 10-20 percent of Russia's aging and poorly maintained missile stockpile would actually reach it's target and create fission.Most would fail to launch,as the solid fuel needs to be replaced regularly,and in Russia, it's not.Some would simply explode in the silo.Some,with pre-1990 guidance would land nowhere close to where they're aiming...and out of those,most wouldn't detonate.10-20 percent is still a lot of destructive power,but their capabilities are nowhere close to what they boast.That's not my opinion.That's not the United States' belief.It's the global conclusion all the nuclear countries combined

[@nenmaster5218]

I recommend YT-Channel Some More News for more News.

[@bg315]

You never want to find out what the actual readiness is. That is the main purpose of deterrence. The best example is Israel. Officially, they don't confirm that they have nuclear weapons. Unofficially, everybody sure that they do. Nobody want to find out by counting explosions on their territory.

[@ddmddmd]

You wish. The US government has stated that Russia has more nukes than the US and also more powerful than theirs. That idea that Rusia is a poor soviet nation is just a delusion from the 90s when the Soviet Union fell apart. Russia is an enemy that US should be afraid off. They are way to strong minded. The worst thing you can do is underestimate them.

[@pastorofmuppets22]

@@ddmddmd I said this 2 days ago.What's the breaking story this morning?That 60 percent of Russian missiles in Ukraine failed to launch.The 40 percent that did manage to launch,half of those failed to explode on impact.But I get it.... you're right and everyone else is wrong.Any reason to believe if their conventional arsenal is this ineffective,that something they never are going to use would fare any better?

[@pastorofmuppets22]

@@nenmaster5218 I recommend you take your own advice.I said this two days ago.The breaking story this morning?That 60 percent of Russian missiles in Ukraine failed to launch.Of the 40 percent that did manage to launch?Half of those failed to explode on impact.Either I'm the modern day Nostradamus,or I know what I'm talking about.But I understand.If I were to have said "there's rocks in my yard"....that people just like you can't resist the urge to be contrary.You'd tell me how uninformed I am about my yard.It's okay.I'm still correct

[@Danny-zg5gn]

all it takes is like 3000 of them to destory the worlds atomosphere sooo either way russia has enough alone

[@takoto2610]

If Russia is striked by NATO, it will use 10 or 20 or 30 lower-yield tactical nuclear warheads to stop the invasion, that way Russia will 'de-escalate' the conflict and thus successfully defend itself. It wouldn't destroy the delicate balance of our planet's ecology, it would only destroy NATO, which is the most dangerous poison of our planet.

[@tom7471]

@@takoto2610 You are ignorant. At some point Moscow and New York and London and St. Petersburg and all military bases in the northern hemisphere will be bombed with nuclear weapons, and that will be the very end of the northern and probably the southern hemisphere.

[@takoto2610]

@@tom7471 No, limited nuclear war in Europe which only tactical nuclear warheads are used only against military targets is possible. You should know that Russia has 2000 tactical nuclear warheads (along with sophisticated delivery systems, like cruise missiles, hypersonic missiles... etc), while NATO has only 200 and those are 'dumb' gravity bombs B-61, so an aircraft, like F-16 or F-35, has to fly directly over a target and drop a B-61 bomb on it.

[@williamexmormon3792]

Boom boom boom here we go another One bites the dust

[@WalayatFamily]

WSJ also said that Putin would not invade Ukraine.

[@iXNomad]

Don't forget that the USA is the only country who used nuclear weapon against civilians.

[@iattacku2773]

Considering the other option was an invasion of Japan that would have killed millions of Americans and Japanese the atom bombs were more humane.

[@realnapster1522]

@@iattacku2773 that’s false. There was no need since Japan surrendered after Soviets joined the war.

[@iattacku2773]

@@realnapster1522 not really. One of the problems with Japan is that there was no real unity with their armed forces and government. So yea you had members who wanted to surrender but wanted to make overtures to the Soviet Union so it doesn’t have to be a unconditional surrender but there were other members who were willing to fight to the end.

[@Iamdoepi]

@@realnapster1522 lies and you know this yourself. Fake Napster.

[@EquestriaGuy]

@@realnapster1522 you clearly didn't study history well.

[@akshayk5391]

Nodoubt russia has nothing to loose

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

"Capable of potentially..." is redundundant. Also repetitive, too.

[@fester16100]

I sleep well, jb has it all under control.

[@shahbazsoomro4393]

Western propaganda channel 😀

[@amirmoezz]

1:23 You have left out the Israel with about 90 nuclear warheads.

[@yashkothari8820]

Also india

[@NarutoUzumaki-jw4kw]

They left out Pakistan and India too

[@Vivekraj-in8gq]

@@NarutoUzumaki-jw4kw they are not part of this stupid war Russia is on the war with the western countries Not Asian countries

[@asumanisabiryegalubale9723]

USA DOESN'T TALK ABOUT WHAT IT DOESN'T HAVE.

[@rogerdiogo6893]

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