Russia’s new nuclear weapons are technically plausible…
…but practically dubious
ON MARCH 1st, addressing Russia’s parliament, President Vladimir Putin announced a range of new, high-tech, “invincible” nuclear weapons. Lest anyone was unsure at whom that part of the speech was aimed, it featured a computer-generated animation of nukes falling on Florida, where Donald Trump, America’s president, has his Mar-a-Lago resort.
This article appeared in the Science & technology section of the print edition under the headline “Nuclear posturing”
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