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Our economy has issues, everyone's does right now. The DOW went up almost 200 points on Friday. The dollar is at 1.48 to the Euro which is much better than it had been. Were back to levels we were at in February.
"We met with three of our Russian counterparts on the Duma International Affairs Committee, including its chairman, Vladimir Lukin, and senior Communist Party member Aleksandr Shabonov. On May 2, [1999] the Russians chastised the United States for military aggression in the Balkans and warned Russia was not helpless to oppose Operation Allied Force. Lukin said, ‘If we really wanted to hurt you with no fear of retaliation, we would launch an SLBM [submarine launched ballistic missile] and detonate a single nuclear warhead at high altitude over the United States and shut down your power grid and communications for six months or so.’ Shabonov added, ‘And if one weapon wouldn’t do it, we have some spares.’11
Depending on the specific characteristics of the attacks, unprecedented cascading failures of our major infrastructures could result. In that event, a regional or national recovery would be long and difficult and would seriously degrade the safety and overall viability of our Nation. The primary avenues for catastrophic damage to the Nation are through our electric power infrastructure and thence into our telecommunications, energy, and other infrastructures. These, in turn, can seriously impact other important aspects of our Nation’s life, including the financial system; means of getting food, water, and medical care to the citizenry; trade; and production of goods and services. The recovery of any one of the key national infrastructures is dependent on the recovery of others. The longer the outage, the more problematic and uncertain the recovery will be.
Originally posted by magicmushroom
MIKE, Yes your correct about rational people but you forget they are controlled by genocidal maniacs, the same ones that were responsible for the past 2 world wars. And look like they are linning us up for ww3, just to make even more money and gain even more power and control.
Despite the size and money the US Military has it cannot take on Russia without the help of NATO. As I have said before we Europeans see Russia as part of Europe, a trading partner and a country and its people that are close to us. I cannot see the people supporting a US led war for the profit and greed of aformentioned parasites.
Originally posted by thedman
Cant wait until dispatch guided missile destroyer JOHN S MCCAIN
(named for McCain's father and grandfather who were both admirals
in US Navy)
USS MCCAIN (DDG-56)
en.wikipedia.org...(DDG-56)
Wonder if Putin craps his pants hearing that John MCain coming to kick
his ass....
Originally posted by GhostR1der
If I were Russia and had a few of those puppies around ready for launch (like they most likely will ) a few destroyers would not make me worried at all.
I just hope they are NOT used. I pity the ramifications for the world and the sailors on board.
[edit on 24/8/08 by GhostR1der]
Originally posted by dracodie
reply to post by XIDIXIDIX
America had to enter the war anyway , bevause if the nazis had conquered europe , they would become even stronger , and then USA would probably be their next target , so pretty much America had to enter the ww2 anyway.
Originally posted by GhostR1der
Originally posted by thedman
Cant wait until dispatch guided missile destroyer JOHN S MCCAIN
(named for McCain's father and grandfather who were both admirals
in US Navy)
USS MCCAIN (DDG-56)
en.wikipedia.org...(DDG-56)
Wonder if Putin craps his pants hearing that John MCain coming to kick
his ass....
As Borat would say: "Not so much"
Russian SS-N-27 / NATO P-900, 3M54 Klub family.
Anti ship/sub missile. No known way to reliably stop it and at supersonic final velocity will make a hell of a mess of anything.
Photo source is below link
warfare.ru...
www.bharat-rakshak.com...
If I were Russia and had a few of those puppies around ready for launch (like they most likely will ) a few destroyers would not make me worried at all.
I just hope they are NOT used. I pity the ramifications for the world and the sailors on board.
[edit on 24/8/08 by GhostR1der]