>>11543078English is my third language.
>>11543067Because of how vital nukes are for Russian defense, the Russian MoD cannot leave anything up to chance in this aspect and assume worst case scenario in wich the US is able to intercept their ICBM's. If the US has 50 ABM's, then the Ru MoD planners have to assume that those 50 will intercept 50 ICBM's and due to the nature of those missiles having a MIRV system, that means you could lose up to 500 warheads.
>>11542872Russian subs are loud compared to their NATO counterparts. Also, NATO has the SOSUS network to detect Russian subs entering the Atlantic. It forced the Russians to employ the Bastion doctrine and keep their subs close to home where they could be protected. This limits their attack vectors.
Russia is at a clear disadvantage in this aspect and thus, needs SLAM-tier weaponry.
