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Yes, they are aware. Russia wanted to demonstrated that they can blow satellite from the ground - from the military perspective this is important as they can bl
by piokoch 5y ago
Yes, they are aware. Russia wanted to demonstrated that they can blow satellite from the ground - from the military perspective this is important as they can blind to some extent NATO (or Chinese) battle control systems.
This is demonstration of their force, which in reality is not that great, but Russia is a master in the game of pretending that they are immensely powerful. This gives them a lot of political benefits and leverage. This is kind of action as grouping troops on the Ukrainian border or flooding Polish-Belarusian border with migrants, etc.
- MichaelMoser123 5y ago>This is demonstration of their force, which in reality is not that great Ahm, they can still blow us all up with thermonuclear weapons, if they decide that its necessary. ... Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is a war room! (I mean only general Ripper could have said a phrase like this ;-)
- hnarn 5y agoThat their force is “not that great” would maybe be true if we were still in the era where wars are won with infantry and tanks, at least comparing Russia to NATO and mostly due to poor hardware and not a lack of manpower: but this hasn’t been the reality for almost a hundred years. Russia is one of the worlds largest nuclear powers, there will be no all out conventional war with them or any other similarly equipped nation without global nuclear armageddon.
- dolmen 5y agoWe are in an era where observation satellites are critical to military power. And sending a nuclear bomb for a lost western military satellite would not be an appropriate response.
- 271828182846 5y agothey wouldn't gain leverage if their force just wasn't that great and it all would be just a bluff. I mean, if someone on HN knows that the US government would know that, too. I think what they demonstrate is unpredictability and trigger happiness. people keep their hands of others if they might go off easily.
- emptyfile 5y agoWe're still in the era where wars are won with infantry and tanks and planes and other materiel. You don't hold ground or support your allies with nukes.