At some point the Russian nuclear arsenal of over 7,000 warheads must be taken seriously.
“At some point the Russian nuclear arsenal of over 7,000 warheads must be taken seriously.”
There is no indication that Russia spends enough money to maintain the 7,000 to 12,000 nukes they claim to have. They also haven’t replaced their Mayak facility that performs that maintainence.
Mayak blew up in 2017 and due to sanctions it never restarted.