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- The Stupidest Idea Of All Time..u.s. Weighs Giving Russia Missile Defense Data
RealClear:U.S. Weighs Giving Russia Missile Defense DataThe head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order to provide it to Russia.The administration...
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WaPo: Russia’s military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict near borders may turn nuclear By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, November 17, 11:20 AM MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders...
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- Secdef Gates: Russia's Strategic Buildup Requires Upgrade Of U.s. Nukes
Then wouldn't it also be reasonable to build the 300 F-22's that the Air Force has asked for to replace the 700+ F-15's almost 40 years old, rather than the 183 you capped at? Nominee Obama, doesn't it become counter intuitive to...
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While we duke it out over Ayers, Acorn, Wallace and Fannie Mae - U.S. report: Russia has upgraded strategic nuclear forces
In the last few years:
Here is the list of america's comparable actions :
Okay?
After the B-2, which was on the boards in the cold war, there has been nothing. The MX missile, a replacement for the 1960's Minuteman III has been retired and destroyed by treaty. There are no new nuclear weapons, an item we have VOTED DOWN. There are no new missiles. There are new fighter jets, and also cancelled submarine, naval stealth aircraft, ship building, and artillery programs.
Does it make a difference?
Well, maybe it does make some kind of difference to some nations who are inimical to our way of life and whose every leader since its birth have threatened to wipe out a valuable ally. The dollars we are required to spend to overcome such weapons, and to deter their use, are dollars we cannot use to defeat radical Islam, or invest here.
Most curious of all, is the question as to why Russia feels the need to field and develop MORE strategic nuclear weapons.
A need we obviously do not feel here.
The polls for this election indicate that rectifying the rational for these weapons by Russia will not be any kind of priority for either the american people, or the american administration.
I understand why. Too bad it just doesn't matter.
Since this report we HAVE MOREUsing profits from oil and natural gas resources, Russia is building up its strategic nuclear forces, including several new missiles and delivery systems.
They include:
- a new road-mobile and silo-based Topol-M (SS-27) ICBM;
- a new SS-27 derivative with a Multiple Independently-targetable Re-entry Vehicle (MIRV) payload the Russians call the RS-24,
- a new Bulava (SS-30) SLBM;
- a new Borey-class Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN);
- a new long-range strategic nuclear cruise missile designated the KH-102;
- modernization of Blackjack (Tu-160) heavy bombers;
- increased training for nuclear operations in all military branches; and
- upgraded nuclear weapons storage sites.
The report notes that unlike the United States, Russia maintains a fully functional nuclear weapons design, development, test and manufacturing infrastructure capable of producing significant quantities of nuclear warheads per year. "For a variety of reasons, Russia has explicitly placed increased emphasis on nuclear weapons in its national security policy and military doctrine, and has re-incorporated theater nuclear options into its military planning," the report said.
The report, made public after Russian forces invaded Georgia in August, said "considerable uncertainty remains about Russia's future course."
Here is the list of america's comparable actions :
Okay?
After the B-2, which was on the boards in the cold war, there has been nothing. The MX missile, a replacement for the 1960's Minuteman III has been retired and destroyed by treaty. There are no new nuclear weapons, an item we have VOTED DOWN. There are no new missiles. There are new fighter jets, and also cancelled submarine, naval stealth aircraft, ship building, and artillery programs.
Does it make a difference?
Well, maybe it does make some kind of difference to some nations who are inimical to our way of life and whose every leader since its birth have threatened to wipe out a valuable ally. The dollars we are required to spend to overcome such weapons, and to deter their use, are dollars we cannot use to defeat radical Islam, or invest here.
Most curious of all, is the question as to why Russia feels the need to field and develop MORE strategic nuclear weapons.
A need we obviously do not feel here.
The polls for this election indicate that rectifying the rational for these weapons by Russia will not be any kind of priority for either the american people, or the american administration.
I understand why. Too bad it just doesn't matter.
- The Stupidest Idea Of All Time..u.s. Weighs Giving Russia Missile Defense Data
RealClear:U.S. Weighs Giving Russia Missile Defense DataThe head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency says that the Obama administration has discussed declassifying key data on U.S. missile defense in order to provide it to Russia.The administration...
-
WaPo: Russia’s military chief warns that heightened risks of conflict near borders may turn nuclear By Associated Press, Updated: Thursday, November 17, 11:20 AM MOSCOW — Russia is facing a heightened risk of being drawn into conflicts at its borders...
- Russia Threatens To Use Nukes On Poland
Russia is getting frisky aren't they? And, of course, we can be rather sure they are emboldened by the fact that we are basically doing nothing in retaliation (as John Bolton has made abundatly clear). We will regret these days, if we don't make...
- Secdef Gates: Russia's Strategic Buildup Requires Upgrade Of U.s. Nukes
Then wouldn't it also be reasonable to build the 300 F-22's that the Air Force has asked for to replace the 700+ F-15's almost 40 years old, rather than the 183 you capped at? Nominee Obama, doesn't it become counter intuitive to...
- They Are Absolutely Out Of Their Minds
It used to be interesting as to whether those who followed the romanticized idea of Fukuyama (history as we knew its cycles, ended) were correct, or the seemingly 'warmongers' who believed that Samuel Huntington was...