Ballistic attack intercepted? Where are we shooting it down from?
Ballistic attack intercepted? Where are we shooting it down from?That type of attack is most likely to be intercepted by NATO missile defense prior to hitting Ukraine.
Space? The Rocinante's PDC's? Maybe we sent Superman over already.Ballistic attack intercepted? Where are we shooting it down from?
Ballistic attack intercepted? Where are we shooting it down from?
Space? The Rocinante's PDC's? Maybe we sent Superman over already.
The U.S., Romania and Poland have deployed the land based Aegis BMD.
Those interceptors can not only intercept over Ukraine, they can intercept all the way to Moscow. Poland to Moscow is 1149 km.1,200 km range
I do not advocate a full scale nuclear exchange. I asked a question. Some of the responses were akin to fantasies of armchair generals.
The U.S. cannot possibly interdict the Russian Navy while at the same time remaining ready to battle the Chinese Navy. How is this going to be done? It took all of one sailor to start a fire that destroyed the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard.
Does the U.S. have the wherewithal to invade and retake Crimea? Why would the U.S. want to? Does the U.S. Air Force have the weapons and capability to seriously degrade Russia's command structure?
What countries and supposed allies are going to lend a hand in all of this? I don't believe NATO nations want to risk the destruction of their countries and peoples, unless they are directly attacked.
The only US 'weakness' has really been about boots on the ground and being an occupying force.Yes if anything this war has shown the US military has no peer and it's not even close. The 'second best army in the world' is getting absolutely bodied by a far weaker country utilizing only a fraction of our combat capabilities.
If Russia were to use a nuke, it is at least as likely to hit NATO staging area such as Ramstein airbase in Poland, as anything further east.I agree. Although depending on how Russia uses a nuke could result in an accidental nuclear response from the US if the attack is misinterpreted.
I’m thinking a scenario where Russia decides to use a ballistic launcher from well inside it’s borders because they don’t want to risk moving tactical warheads that use shorter range delivery systems close to the border. There would be a small chance the US could minterpret that attack as an attack on NATO and respond accordingly.
Anyone ever wonder how this war might have played out differently if the Donald had a second term???
I don’t know if Ukraine would’ve had access to the same pre-invasion intelligence or the same level of US aid post-invasion.
Ramstein airbase in Poland
1,200km must be a mid course guidance intercept. I am…skeptical of our mid course intercept abilities to put it mildly. It’s true they have gone from laugh out loud worthless to something better than that but I strongly suspect a sophisticated enemy would be able to overcome it fairly easily.Both Poland or Romania could take the intercept:
Those interceptors can not only intercept over Ukraine, they can intercept all the way to Moscow. Poland to Moscow is 1149 km.
This ignores the much more common sea borne version of the same system, which is common on NATO warships.
Most of Russia's nuclear assets and infrastructure are in the Murmansk area, which will be exposed to boost range intercept from NATO warships in the Baltic sea and Norwegian sea.
How effective will it be is quite the crispy question.1,200km must be a mid course guidance intercept. I am…skeptical of our mid course intercept abilities to put it mildly. It’s true they have gone from laugh out loud worthless to something better than that but I strongly suspect a sophisticated enemy would be able to overcome it fairly easily.
As far as a boost phase intercept goes I find it unlikely Russia would elect to fire a strike from somewhere we could hit them during boost.
Lol, oops, was thinking of RzeszowGiven Russian mapping capabilities this is indeed probably where they think it is.
How effective will it be is quite the crispy question.
But if Russia uses a traditional ballistic launcher for a nuke, NATO is going to be thinking about taking shots at it because who knows where it is going to land.
If NATO does intercept and then show it was a nuke, that is going to change things.
I am not angry with you or antagonistic or wanting to not see another post from you, I merely suggested you stop posting in this particular thread... your posts here have not been a good look. You saw the criticism they engendered. I didn't criticize you or your posts at all.You tell someone to get off an Internet thread as if you were at best 12 years old and call me a boy. Riiight. You've been doing this very thing lately to a variety of people, it's a pattern.
I'll wait for you to explain what it is I said or did that you disagree with or found wrong to get the bullying Internet tough guy to come out in you or how about you just privmsg / DM me and let me know there and we can talk about it and get this shit off the thread since you cannot apparently fathom the prospect of putting my words that apparently trigger you on ignore.
In other news, it looks like this time Russia is able to get a 1891 Mosin-Nagant for everyone!:
All my shit posts are coming true today.
I am very surprised. I was under the impression all the functional 1891 Mosin-Nagants had been sold to the west on the collectors market.
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@RnR_au
Thanks for the correction below
As @RnR_au pointed out, that picture seems to be misinformation.Geeez, are those actual spike stabbers mounted on muzzles? The kind from way way way back when?
With Russia's language about nukes these days, dying in Russia seems like a concerning possibility also.Well what about all the people who are flat out leaving because they don't want to die in Ukraine?
I suspect we would risk trying to fire on anything we perceive as a nuclear threat, but as far as initiating a nuclear strike in retaliation to anything non-NATO I don't see it happening. Perhaps even if it were in response to something landing or otherwise detonating in a NATO country, I don't think it's an automatic guarantee despite what's written on paper, signed and agreed before potential domestic losses are calculated.What countries and supposed allies are going to lend a hand in all of this? I don't believe NATO nations want to risk the destruction of their countries and peoples, unless they are directly attacked.
Oleksandra Matviichuk
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I really want as many people as possible to watch these video. Try to imagine yourself in the place of these people. Their cities were occupied by a foreign army and now people with guns come to their apartments and demand to vote for joining Russia. Fake “referendums”.
They pound on your door bam bam bam bam bam like automatic gunfire, if you open the door, you're faced with an AK and told to vote to join Russia.