“Go leak this info to some western press, comrade” - Putin
I get they blurred his face, but I don’t see what that second image really offers anyone other than a way for Russia to narrow down the search of the leak. If I was that guy I’d be pissed at any picture being leaked
His story is pretty unique and he’s already on their hunted list. The pic makes absolutely no difference
Pretty sure there have not been many deserters holding such niche position. His identity already should be known.
Well damn, so much for the unmaintained nukes theory
Not convinced by this story. The guy allegedly worked in security on the base, so probably does not know anything about maintenance needed to keep the warheads operational. I also doubt western security services would let this guy speak to the BBC.
The guy allegedly worked in security on the base,
Nothing to keep security over if the nukes aren’t functional/maintained.
You think there’s a guy?
I find this theory so absurd, i am quite sure it comes out of some psyops organization. The main thing that resembled some of Russias former glory as SU was their nuclear arsenal. And believing they would let all of it go unmaintained to the point that no relevant amount of nukes would remain working is just nonsensical. Hanging on to that arsenal must have been one of Russias top strategic priorities.
Even if the nukes are unusable and Russia is bluffing… I’d not be too keen to call the bluff. You just have to assume they are not.
It’s really not, brain drain, collapse of the ussr, cost to maintain, etc. all of this is why many in the west believe that the stockpile is in ruin. The kursk sunk because they didnt maintain basic torpedoes, what makes you think they have the knowledge/money to do that with nukes. Russia has clearly shown it’s a paper tiger.
With which knowledge did they build their nuclear arsenal?
Do you think all the scientists and soldiers just evaporated in 1990?
When you, a corrupt general, get your annual $10 millions to take care of 50 nuclear warheads, that will never ever be used, what will you do?
The care of the warheads is typically done by some central organization, rather than every individual missile base. Its really specialized work, and it doesn’t make sense to have teams capable of performing it at every base.
It was just a metaphor for corruption, you are right but the corruption could take place in the centralised organisation, everything is centralised in russia.
psyops
I guess we’ll find out if/when he dies mysteriously.
I’m sure that officer knows the maintenance situation everywhere in Russia since Soviet times.
Because only 1500 of the 1700 nukes working would make such a big difference.
Because only 1500 of the 1700 nukes working would make such a big difference.
Or 10 of the 1700… Doesn’t matter how many, you have to think of it as xxx amount of the top populated cities. The top 10 populated cities will automatically decimate the population of many countries.
I think it’s pretty safe to say that they likely don’t have ALL their warheads in functional order… but even if it’s just 2% of them… it’s enough to fuck over several countries for a long time.
It’s a nice, even heartwarming story. It does feel a bit like that tv presenter protesting at the beginning, though.
