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Yet still utterly incapable of facing off against an insurgency.
And finally - there will be only one victor, and that is China.
Originally posted by RetinoidReceptor
Maloy you're smarter than to bring that up. The USSR couldn't win in Afghanistan and they were fighting the same people.
Originally posted by RetinoidReceptor
There is only one way to win in wars with insurgents and that is total disregard for human life.
Originally posted by maloy
What I am claiming is that Russia and U.S. will likely never have a direct conflict - because each would be betting too much on it.
Originally posted by SRTkid86
im just saying that it's ludicrous to think that a country who has not had much of an economy, and honestly STILL doesn't. could stand toe to toe with us.
Originally posted by SRTkid86
the only way for them to fight it out would be through insurgency
Originally posted by SRTkid86
simply because we are not allowed to take off the gloves because it would upset the world too much.
Originally posted by SRTkid86
so we have to sit back and wait for them to shoot at us from the cover of the non-comatant crowds, before we can shoot back.
Originally posted by mattifikation
Make no mistake, the West has been trying to find a diplomatic resolution to this conflict since it began...
Originally posted by twisted_fate
fire enough missiles at those ships....most will get through, so yes, they could destroy nato ships that quickly.
people seem to really underestimate Russia, you'll regret that.
Originally posted by crisko
Think about it. The tomahawk costs the United States about 1.3 million a pop.
Originally posted by crisko
Do you think the fleet is worth that? No, it isn't. To think Russia even has that many missiles is crazy talk in itself
Originally posted by crisko
Russia misplayed their hand and now they look the fool.
Originally posted by crisko
Russia Nuking a country, not gonna happen becuase at the first sign of such an attack there won't be a Russia left.
Originally posted by crisko
Point blank, no one liked Russia before and now most like them even less.
Originally posted by crisko
The country is in such a bad state they are yearning for the days of Stalin.
Originally posted by crisko
you know the guy that killed 5 million of them?
Originally posted by crisko
They have bought 20 new fighters in the last year, total military budget of 36.5 billion last year compared to almost 800 billion (300 billion of which was for war) spent by the United States.
Originally posted by crisko
Look, we don't want to deal with Russia, thats why they invaded.
Originally posted by crisko
But now they know they are screwed, NATO won't talk to them and China just showed them the cold shoulder.
Originally posted by crisko
Russia, know what comes to mind when I see Russia? Three letters. LOL.
Originally posted by crisko
Those kids need to grow up.
Originally posted by crisko
Most of them were thugs in their youth (including the Stalin they so yearn for) and are living two decades in the past.
Originally posted by crisko
The world has passed them by and they are pissed.
Originally posted by crisko
LOL Russia.
Originally posted by donhuangenaro
Originally posted by mattifikation
Make no mistake, the West has been trying to find a diplomatic resolution to this conflict since it began...
if you are speaking about diplomatic Patriot anti-missiles and radar system that will be placed on Russian border then you are correct...
that is nice too, don't you think?
Doctrine of limited nuclear war
According to a Russian military doctrine stated in 2003, tactical nuclear weapons (Strategic Deterrence Forces) could be used to "prevent political pressure against Russia and her allies (Armenia, Belarus, Serbia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan)." Thus, the Russian leadership "is officially contemplating a limited nuclear war".[2]
Despite claims to the contrary, U.S. interceptors launched from a Polish site could intercept the 18 to 25 Russian SS-25 ICBMs based in Vypolzovo, roughly 340 kilometers northwest of Moscow. Furthermore, missiles launched from all of the other European-based Russian ICBM fields would be much easier to engage. The 40 percent faster speed of the defense interceptors relative to the ICBMs and the early-tracking information provided by the EMR in the Czech Republic would allow the defense system to engage essentially all Russian ICBMs launched against the continental United States from Russian sites west of the Urals. It is difficult to see why any well-informed Russian analyst would not find such a potential situation alarming.