Nuclear War

The Moscow Times is reporting that some Russians are concerned that they'll run out of Nukes and (this is my speculation) become vulnerable to a first strike by the United States.

According to the article, one of Russia's top missile designers - Yury Solomonov, head and chief designer at the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology - told reporters that Russia still has plenty of nuclear warheads and nuclear capable missiles, namely the Topol-M and Bulava.

He said the two missiles were second to none in surviving a nuclear strike or an attempt to destroy them by laser beams.

They also can easily penetrate any missile shield, including the fledgling U.S. national missile defense system, Solomonov said.

Bulava and Topol-M drop their engines much faster than their U.S. analogs, making them hard to detect early, he said, adding that this and other features would allow the re-entry vehicles to pierce any missile shield "with a probability of one."