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Originally Posted by mapuc
They may build hundreds of nukes and better nukes and stronger nukes-But a human can only die once, not 8 or 10 times
( In a nuclear war that is)
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Both Russia and the USA (and PRC) have expensive leadership preservation programs. We know that Russia has never really stoped expanding it's program and now the research indicates that it is possible that US restarted theirs post 9/11.
Then there is the whole aspect of secure national reserves and post attack rebuilding, you can read about some aspects of the Russian side here:
https://rusi.org/sites/default/files/201608_whr_4_16_if_war_comes_tomorrow.pdf
(in english)
While the article is rather imperfect and focuses on the other aspects it can still be quite interesting.