Paphitis:
We have tested them, and spent a lot of money - over $800 Billion Dollars in fact and the program will be finished in 2025
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Too late! If you start a war now the consequences would be catastrophic. Like the Israeli's I believe the Russians have a Samson type Option. You go for us .... then we retaliate and we take you with us ! The Russians, as with the Israeli's know what will happen if an enemy attacks them and they have their backs against the wall. Remember, in living memory mainland US has never been attacked ..... they don't know what war is, Russia does !
We test these missiles all the time against our own missiles and some of them have seen action.
But YOUR missiles are inferior to the Russian ones. They have only ever seen action against States that had no capacity to defend themselves or fight back on equal terms. The reason I have explained before ..... the US has a policy of a projection of their might against others ..... history clearly demonstrates that. The Russians have know for decades what the US is doing and that THEY are on the shopping list along with China and Iran. Knowing they do not want to extend their military presence, unlike the US, they have worked toward a system that will nullify the US's all too obvious aggression ..... they have developed defensive systems that will make the US aggressive weapons ineffective. They have already demonstrated that LIVE.
The West spends a lot of time, money and effort building these defences, in case of a Nuclear Holocaust.
But the country most likely to start an nuclear war ..... Israel ..... they arm and pay $3.3bn a year toward their defence! Again, ask a simple question, when was The State of Israel ever seriously attacked by any of the neighbouring countries?
Russia on the other hand doesn't, therefore, I consider myself lucky to be on the right side.
That is rubbish ......... how do you know that?
You have made these Nuclear threats. thankfully, pootin isn't so stupid.
Putin has said time-and-time again he has no intent of starting any wars, he has no interest in expanding the Russian footprint but is ready to defend Russia from ever increasing aggression from the US and NATO. That aggression is there for all to see right around Russia ..... right around Iran (
who have no nuclear weapons) ...... and right around China.
mutually assured destruction is such a cliche in defence talk. Western defence policy has always been focused on how our side will out-survive the enemy in the event of a Nuclear holocaust so don't bet on the West's destruction before Russia is wiped off the face.
The instant Russia perceives a threat from the US directly or from NATO sitting right on its borders, Russian missiles will be in the air! Lavrof has warned you that because NATO is so close .... there will be no time for verification of any launch, it will have to be taken as an attack on Russia and Russia will respond accordingly, As for 'accordingly' I would take that to mean instant nuclear war!
That is what Mutually Assured Destruction' is or are you too stupid to see that? Nobody wins .... we all go down the same plug hole!
The only thing we can be sure about is the complete destruction of Russia in its entirety.
Likewise the........ US/Europe ........ and more remote allies such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Do not underestimate your enemy!
I wouldn't be so sure about Mutually Assured Destruction. Sure you will hit some of our cities if it came to that. But Russia will need many more goes at it in order to get them passed our Goalkeepers.
Your '
Goalkeepers' are useless until you have developed a system that can track a missile that changes its flight geometry continuously. Russia have had a head start of maybe 20-25 years, on the US in such systems and that comes from US analysts.
After about 6 hours, there will be no more SATANs to threaten us, and our civilization will continue. Russia will have to of course seek membership as a "Small State of Europe" with Cyprus.
Six hours ...... boy, a realist you ain't ! Where do you get six hours from ..... your usual source? After 6 hours this Planet will be dead, a smouldering ball of nuclear dust .... that will last for hundreds of years .... and contaminate the soil for thousands of years. Not a lot to look forward to .... when the Elite crawl out from their nuclear bunkers a couple of years after things went pear shaped.
But if that is what you believe, it's no skin off my nose because I know pootin isn't crazy.
Exactly ..... Putin is not crazy, unlike the options for POTUS! He has been several steps ahead of the coalition in Syria from the time the first Russian aircraft landed on Syrian soil ..... legally by invitation. He has achieved a lot in the year that Russia has been engaged in Syria.
It doesn't work that way!
I agree it certainly doesn't work the way you think it does .... that's for sure, and needs nothing more than common sense to work that out.
There are reasons why we have spent $800 billion on this Defence Missile Shield and why it warrants so much investment. You work it out. We do it because our existence may depend on it. And no matter what pootin thinks, we have every right to be investing in these kinds of defencive Measures when Russia invests in things like SATAN.
Didn't it start as the
'Star Wars' project during Reagans term in office ? Russia can already defend, the US would find it difficult to because, once again, their philosophy has been one of hegemony and aggression against States that will not comply, the Russians took the defensive tack, they knew what was coming ! SATAN has been developed over the last 5-6 years (
I think) and is their deterrent against your arsenal of weapons..... mostly 40-50 years old .
The USA has about 3000 Nuclear warheads. it has them as a deterrent. But, it makes no difference if the West only had 1000 warheads in total. for us, our Missile defence shield is an extremely important aspect. just as important as our Nuclear Arsenal.
But 'Star Wars' was a failure ..... what is it about 'THERE CURRENTLY IS NO DEFENCE AGAINST SATAN'' that you fail to grasp ? Your own military experts say that .... all of them. I would take their opinion against yours any day!
But we would be even happier to have no Nuclear Warheads but that isn't a possibility for as long as others have them.
So why is the US the one that rejects all Russia's attempts on formulating nuclear arms reduction and still ignore/cover for Israel's circa 400 illegal nuclear missiles, as well as its vast chemical and biological weapons stock piles?
