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Old 26th May 2022, 16:43
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Originally Posted by ORAC
US Defence Intelligence agency assess that less than 40% of Russian missiles fired during the war in Ukraine have hit their intended targets. 20-30% fail to launch or crash in flight and many miss aiming points.

https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-r...a-show-1709388
Which emphasizes why the Russians want their mobile nukes at the Finnish border. For the reach distance, it doesn't matter, for the failure fall-out it does.

At the military level, failures are calculated, so just have enough extra capacity. Though, this amount of failures is high.
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