For Every Action There Is an Equal and Russian Reaction

Vladamir Putin reminded us why Russia has a hard time staying an American ally, by announcing a new super-nuke that he claims has capabilities that no other countries mushroom-cloud arsenal can match. Apparently, Pooty-Poot had already notified the White House and speculation runs high that either the "super-nuke" is just a bigger rocket carrying more warheads or is a hypersonic rocket that moves faster than an American missile defense could react to. Of course, when our Air Force has announced work into the development of antimatter weapons, we probably shouldn't be the ones throwing stones.



I know the automatic reaction from most will be "Do we really need more and bigger weapons, when we can already destroy the planet several times over with what we have now?" But if history has taught us anything it is that the march of science - even weapons science - can not be stopped by treaty, goodwill, or even active suppression. The way to stay ahead of the madmen is to make sure your firecrackers are bigger than theirs (or more precisely targetted, as Iraq has proven) so that they know any attack on you will recieve a swift and sure response.