Most be a slow press day for the military industrial complex. They must need more corporate welfare for the tech and weapons bunch because of covid-19. I guess germ warfare is taking a back seat.
The Russians have a bit of paranoia about being invaded since it has happened to them several times. Can't really blame them for that.
They know their military is weakened a good deal and also that they don't have too many allies. So they increase their level of bluster to include nuclear response to any significant attack.
The US should simply bring them onboard as an ally with a mutual defense pact (and stop with the economic sanctions) and all that nonsense would go away.
These are pretty good people by and large and there is nothing to be gained by having them as an opponent and a lot of be gained by cooperation.
The US should simply bring them onboard as an ally with a mutual defense pact (and stop with the economic sanctions) and all that nonsense would go away. .
MAD was the USA's program. It was instituted as a deterrent to the USSR and China to negate the "First Strike" option.
We "Assured" them that if they launched a missile at us or our allies we would destroy them even if we were already laid waste to.
We had the capability, they didn't. We still do. Not sure they do or ever did. A bunch of their tech is still on par with our late 80's early 90's tech.
I remember the condition of their ICBM's during the SALT1 and SALT2 drawdowns. >50% were inop due to poor maintenance, lack of parts and qualified people to maintain them.
Keep a wary eye on everyone, but don't loose sleep over the Russians or Chinese right now. Neither can afford to do anything to us other than tech piracy and meddling.
“Any attacking missile will be perceived as carrying a nuclear warhead,” the article said. “The information about the missile launch will be automatically relayed to the Russian military-political leadership, which will determine the scope of retaliatory action by nuclear forces depending on the evolving situation."
The threat they are making isnt MAD, or even the principle of it. Not sure why you keep circling back to an erroneous interpretation. The threat they're making is use of nuke weaponry at their leaderships discretion, not a wholesale dump of their arsenal.
Your claims of their abilities past or present are unsubstantiated and unproven, and MAD is a full scale attack deterrence doctrine, not a uniquely US policy.
Yes, I think it was said above. The weaker you are, the louder you threaten.
Small dogs bark the loudest, etc.
Russia also likes to say they have placed their dead hand system into automatic mode. Which ensures an automated launch of all nukes, even if everyone in Russia is dead.
I stated unsubstantiated and unproven. A little reading comprehension might help you with that. Strike one.
What you attempted to itilicize and misidentified as my point was actually a paraphrase and summary of the linked article's title, nothing more, so you struck out there also.
The Russians made no reference to MAD, the US,
McNamara, or 1962. Join the rest of us here in 2020, slugger.
Clearly, you're right. (Research probably won't help you)
Maybe next year, the Russians will adopt some "new" 1965 tactics, so you'll have something else to worry about.
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