re: How Dangerous is Russia’s New Nuclear-Tipped Air-to-Air Missile?

Stop and use your brain for just one moment before getting bent out of shape about crap like this...

You are getting worked up because someone said the Russians might put nuclear "tips" on their Air-to-Air missiles. Does such a statement not immediately scream out "a freaking idiot made this statement"?

The statement continues that it would be very helpful to use nuclear tipped ATA missiles to counter stealth fighters such as the F-35. This means that in this scenario, a NATO F-35 would be flying in Russian airspace over Russian lands conducting strikes against Russian targets. Do you honestly think the Russians would use "nuclear-tipped" air-to-air missiles to engage an enemy target over their own territory? Do you realize that the impact of the weapon would be felt not only by the targeted enemy aircraft, but also by everyone within the blast range, everyone who might just happen to be looking that direction at the time of the warhead's detonation, and everyone who lived downwind of where the engagement took place?

I have a feeling that you get caught up too easily in the click-bait stories on the news sites you visit.

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I am Generally curious why you feel this way.

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Have you seen their military capability the last 3 years. Everything they have said is a lie.

wasnt there a claim that they used a hypersonic weapon in Ukraine within the last few months?

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Personally I think some of these “UAP”s sightings are operated by us.

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…as opposed to what?

ICBM's are hypersonic, germans had them in world war 2, this is nothing new.


FYI -> LINK

Believe nothing those morons say.

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Believe nothing those morons say.

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I don't know if you are purposely ignoring the below fact or you are slow. This was an Assessment done by our own Defense Intelligence Agency. So you are calling our own U.S. DIA, Morons?




"This is not coming from Russia. This is based of a U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Report

"The nuclear-tipped R-37M air-to-air missile, as reported by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in its 2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment, represents a significant advancement in Russia’s aerospace capabilities due to its unique combination of long-range, hypersonic speed, and nuclear warhead."

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tldr

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Your knowledge base is severely inadequate

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but I'm willing to bet 

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Incorrect. I provided the article to promote a discussion about the the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Report. I have no personal feelings one way or the other because I have no bias for or against Russia. I just take the information and use it to expand my knowledge. On the other hand, you seem to have a Bias against Russia. Would you like to show me on the Doll where Putin touched you?

That link shows that 15 engineer/scientists were arrested for "taking this tech to others outside of Russia"

There is something that is distinctive about these Russian weapons - development way past any ICBM or german ww2 rocket

I would also be interested in the one that Putin favored.

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"The nuclear-tipped R-37M air-to-air missile, as reported by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency in its 2025 Worldwide Threat Assessment, represents a significant advancement in Russia’s aerospace capabilities due to its unique combination of long-range, hypersonic speed, and nuclear warhead."

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https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2025_dia_statement_for_the_record.pdf

Where does it say that?

It's a real report.

it says

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Russia is expanding its nuclear forces by adding new capabilities, including nuclear air-to-air missiles and novel nuclear systems. Russia probably maintains a nuclear stockpile of about 1,550 deployed strategic warheads and up to 2,000 non-strategic warheads. Russia is expanding its nuclear posture to Belarus by establishing missile and nuclear-capable aircraft capabilities, renovating a nuclear weapons storage site, and training Belarusian crews to handle tactical nuclear weapons. Throughout the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Russia has used nuclear-related rhetoric and military exercises to signal its resolve and deter Russia-perceived Western
involvement in the conflict. However, Russia is very unlikely to use nuclear weapons in the conflict unless Russian leadership judged it faced an existential threat to the regime.

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WTF do you think?

If you think we are alone in this universe I can’t help you sir.

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We are alone. I'm not saying life doesn't exist elsewhere, but it isn't here.