Thompson posted... Might not be functional doesn't lend to the kind of odds I'd wager the continuing survival of humanity on.
Just a few functional nukes can cause a lot of bad shit, and so I'd rather consider that a non-zero number of Russia's nukes work than let my hubris tell me none don't.
I would like to quote Oppenheimer, "the chances are near zero."
Trumble posted... This is utterly wrong. US and Russia each sometimes tested as many nukes in one day as NK have *ever*. Wouldn't be surprised if China, the UK and France also pulled that off but don't know for sure off-hand.
Not disagreeing with the "insane moron" part tho.
In modern times, I am not aware of any other countries conducting nuclear tests besides North Korea.
I am only aware of nuclear tests by North Korea as reported by the media.
If you're talking about unreported or top secret nuclear tests by other countries, then it's all guessing since we have no way of knowing.