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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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On 8/26/2024 4:36 PM, Cryptoengineer wrote:
> On 8/26/2024 2:49 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>> On 8/26/2024 11:34 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>>> On 25 Aug 2024 15:22:34 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
>>>>
>>>
>>>>> For Apollo-Soyuz, the Soviets made up some adaptor boxes that went 
>>>>> from =
>>>> the
>>>>> American space suit connections to the Russian ones (as well as the =
>>>> adaptor
>>>>> ring to connect the two capsules).  I am surprised this is not a =
>>>> solution.
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, the Soviets (and their technology) are long gone.
>>>
>>> I beg to differ - Soviet technology is still here. Ukraine has
>>> destroyed 3336 tanks so far, most of those from the soviet era.
>>>
>>> The still use Soviet Soyuz boosters.
>>>
>>> One might note that Putin desires the return of the Sovyetky Soyuz.
>>
>> Don't forget the 14,000 soviet nuclear weapons.  Thousands of the 
>> battlefield nuclear weapons are being distributed to the Russian 
>> troops right now.  The Ukranian advance is 300 miles inside Russia and 
>> they are not going to burn Moscow this time.
> 
> While even one nuke in a Western City would be Very Bad News, its
> legitimate to wonder how many Soviet nuclear bombs are operational.
> 
> American nukes, and presumably Soviet/Russian ones, have the inital
> fission element include a neutron generator as part of the ignition.
> This uses some isotopes of relatively short half-lifes, such as tritium,
> which gives the bombs a limited shelf life before they need to be
> refurbished.
> 
> pt

I suggest that we do not want to find out as apparently several are 
targeted for Berlin and a few other German cities.  I am not sure if 
London is targeted.

Lynn