Does Russia Think Their New Nuclear Weapons Could Win A War?

Here in America, we've been a little full of ourselves, thinking we were so superior to Russia and everyone else in technology and weaponry. I mean, we could turn them into dust, right? But lately, in our obsession with drones and cyber warfare, we haven't been paying attention to the whole nuclear weapons thing.

On September 10, Putin said Russia will develop a new guaranteed nuclear deterrent to counter the United States and NATO. Actually, they already have. Russia reportedly thinks its tactical nukes are now better than both ours and NATO's. NATO member countries have only 260 older tactical weapons.

Sited in Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Turkey, the U.S. has 200 nuclear bombs with an overall capacity of 18 megatons.

France has 60 atomic bombs. Russia has 5,000 nuclear weapons of different tactical classes including...

much more here http://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesconca/2014/11/20/could-russias-new-nuclear-weapons-win-world-war-iii/