A lot of the usual Tsar footage but I liked the CGI of the failed ABM intervention, getting just two of the ten MIRVs once into the separation phase. The rest fall onto their targets. ABM as a concept was always such a joke; it could never have worked. It only takes one MIRV to hit target (assuming a city strike) to cause near total destruction, given that each MIRV was ten times Hiroshima. With hundreds of SS-18 (R-36M in Soviet designation) ICBMs being deployed in an all out retaliatory strike, this meant thousands of MIRVs to intercept. ABM could never come close to 10% let alone 100%.
ABM was always a political, not a military, tool. It is entirely understandable for Russia to want to prevent US ABM bases on it's former territory. ABM is inherently destabilising and a driver of tensions between the powers. A technological joke but a geopolitical nightmare.
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Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:34 pm
Mister Nuclear Button his self, Comrade Dictator Putin, impressing his neighbors:
Protesters hold a sign that reads, "Putin go home", during a protest against pipeline projects between Bulgaria and Russia, in the centre of Sofia January 18, 2008. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday secured Bulgarian participation in an ambitious multi-billion dollar project to expand Russian gas deliveries into Southern Europe.
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Belarus protesters (soon scattered by minion police thugs of Comrade Dictator Lukashenko) against possible merger with Comrade Putin's Russia
ABM as a concept was always such a joke; it could never have worked. It only takes one MIRV to hit target (assuming a city strike) to cause near total destruction, given that each MIRV was ten times Hiroshima. With hundreds of SS-18 (R-36M in Soviet designation) ICBMs being deployed in an all out retaliatory strike, this meant thousands of MIRVs to intercept. ABM could never come close to 10% let alone 100%.
ABM was always a political, not a military, tool. It is entirely understandable for Russia to want to prevent US ABM bases on it's former territory. ABM is inherently destabilising and a driver of tensions between the powers. A technological joke but a geopolitical nightmare.
ABMs are a joke against hundreds of heavy Mirved ICBMs, but they are a
decisive weapon after a successful counterforce first strike. After hitting enemy strategic forces with hundreds of precise Mirved SLBMs in a surprise attack the ABM, virtually eliminates enemy retaliation, so that’s why its so destabilizing…
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Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:53 pm
Never say "joke."
Even Standard III missiles on ships are knocking down multiple ballistic missiles nearly routinely in tests, with Japanese Navy added to this skill. This is a very recent breakthrough in tracking technology.
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Belarus protesters (soon scattered by minion police thugs of Comrade Dictator Lukashenko) against possible merger with Comrade Putin's Russia
