NOT EQUIVALENT TO A NUCLEAR WEAPON
NEW MEDIUM RANGE MISSILE, EFFECTIVE BUT NOT DEVASTATING
Much was speculated about Russia's new medium range missile, now Professor Ted Postol of MIT has done the analysis and calculations to be more specific about the weapon.
It is not equivalent to a nuclear weapon.
It is not more powerful than a 3000 or 6000 Glide bomb.
It is a new medium range missile that is very effective and seems to have performed well, but with its inert warheads it is destructive, but not dramatically so.
However, if armed with nuclear warheads, it would be a very devastating and destructive weapon.
His speculation is that the Russian scientists may have exaggerated it's potential to Putin, as he is not usually one to exaggerate. I expect we will see more about this in the future.
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