Will Russia’s nuclear weapons actually work?

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Tritium (along with Deuterium) is used as a "booster" in fission weapons. All modern thermonuclear weapons use tritium boosters. (Basically, the tritium fuses with the Deuterium to produce helium and an extra neutron. This extra neutron will help create fission in the remaining plutonium)

However, Tritium has a half-life of 12.26 years. This means that half of it will naturally decay into Helium3. If the Tritium isn't periodically replaced, it the reaction will "Fizzle." You will still get an explosion, but it may not be what you want.

Russia's economy is roughly the size of the State of New York's. And Russia is attempting to maintain an Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Program and nuclear program. So much in the way that you might put off changing the battery in a smoke detector because their is no immediate danger of fire, Russia may have put off maintaining the tritium in their thermonuclear weapons because they are unlikely to be used.

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Covert Cabal's video can be found here:

Tritium (along with Deuterium) is used as a "booster" in fission weapons. All modern thermonuclear weapons use tritium boosters. (Basically, the tritium fuses with the Deuterium to produce helium and an extra neutron. This extra neutron will help create fission in the remaining plutonium)

However, Tritium has a half-life of 12.26 years. This means that half of it will naturally decay into Helium3. If the Tritium isn't periodically replaced, it the reaction will "Fizzle." You will still get an explosion, but it may not be what you want.

Russia's economy is roughly the size of the State of New York's. And Russia is attempting to maintain an Army, Navy, Air Force, Space Program and nuclear program. So much in the way that you might put off changing the battery in a smoke detector because their is no immediate danger of fire, Russia may have put off maintaining the tritium in their thermonuclear weapons because they are unlikely to be used.

Watch all of my long form videos:

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[geobas]

That's one hell of a game of Russian roulette.

[jamesvandemark]

Hah! I'm picturing Bugs Bunny checking for duds with a hammer!

[roezz]

There's this open question with corruption too. Probably the one constant I've heard from a lot of experts (not bloggers or talking heads) is even they are shocked by the extent of rampant corruption in the Ru military, which became apparent as a result of the Russian invasion. A good example are the 1.5 million uniforms that were, on paper anyway, in storage. Those don't exist, and Russia had to over the last month shop around internationally to buy some.

[Nels]

1991 Sum of all Fears by Tom Clancy had a boosted fission weapon at the center of its plot. The tritium had deteriorated and this was not corrected, resulting in a fizzle. It did a lot of local damage (destroyed the super bowl and killed everyone in it) but the yield was far less than it should have been.

[austinhall]

My man really violated Russia with a single highlighted state on the US map.

[nathanielwowchuk]

" Do you go get a battery and replace it, or wait till later"
Me looking at my fire alarm that stopped beeping a few years back

[olmostgudinaf]

Putin: "Colonel Oligarchovich, here is a gazillions rubles to keep our nukes in good shape."
Colonel Oligarchovich to himself: "Those nukes are never gonna be used, no one will ever know. Damn, that chateau on the Riviera looks nice."

[CM-thoe]

So glad I found your channel.. Between you and Preston Stewart I have a good feel for what's happening with Ukraine and Israel. Please keep up the good work. Thanks.

[captainkhakis]

"Strange game, the only winning move is to not play "

[guillaumegiroux]

I’ll be honest, I don’t want to find out

[tamnker]

“Ivan, where is that missile heading?”
“50.4422002 North -30.5298292 West”
“Bylat, Ivan! That’s the middle of the ocean! It’s east, not west!”

[libertycosworth]

Another good short Ryan. Thanks. This one touches on part of my military specialty.

[marcussheen]

Your delivery is absolute top tier. Your way of explaining in laymen's terms is basically unrivaled. Your energetic comparisons to smoke alarms, balloons and whatever-the-heck-else is so helpful to people like me who are trying to get our heads around what we're seeing unravel in Ukraine.

[chadwell]

Imagine the US creating a nuclear winter in response to Russia firing on the US only to learn that they're all of Russia's warheads are duds.

[efxnoise]

I've thought this for a while now. They have shown that maintenance isn't a high priority.

[carlosz]

My assumption is that they’re good enough for me to not want to find out

[petrboril]

Physicist here, as far as I know, there is actually no tritium in fusion bomb. There is Deuterium-Lithium mixure, that will convert deuterium into tritium by bombarding it with neutrons.
Deuterium by itself is not radioactive and fission materials have long enough half-time.

TLDR: those warheads shouldn't age that fast, i might be wrong tho

[ace_]

“Think of a nuclear warhead like a party ballon”, well that’s something I’d thought I’d never hear in my lifetime.

[BMTH]

This is still unfortunately one of those, “fuck around and find out, ” kind of things, so I’d rather just assume they work 😂