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Poland too, huh? Have they thought through the implications of that one?

miguelazo 4y ago
Did Poland think through the implications of hosting an AEGIS missile system (thanks to the US unilaterally withdrawing from an arms control treaty)? I’m sure the Kremlin was going to believe that was to protect Europe from “Iranian and North Korean” missiles. What a joke.
goatlover 4y ago
War on NATO, Russia loses quickly or we all lose if nuclear war.
- pshirshov 4y ago
  That doesn't prevent their propaganda from saying what they say. The people are convinced that NATO won't hold up to its promises. Re nuclear weapons. I really doubt that this shit is still functional.
  - gibspaulding 4y ago
    > I really doubt that this shit is still functional. Ohh how I wish I could believe that. Once you have the fissile material together my understanding is that it's not that hard to actually build a bomb. The success rate of countries that have decided to start a nuclear program is pretty damn high, and through all those years of nuclear testing, there weren't a whole lot of duds that I know of.
    - andrewflnr 4y ago
      There are a lot of designs that are a lot trickier to set off. Do we know how many of each design Russia has in service? It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the simpler ones had been replaced by higher yield but more fragile ones. Ed: rockets, targeting, etc are also tricky failure points. Anyway, I agree it's not a great cause for optimism. It would only take a couple of them going off to give the world a bad time. If nothing else they're dirty bombs.
pshirshov 4y ago
Well, I may speak for hours about my observations. Essentially they are sure that noone would vouch for Poland (also for Baltic countries). I've been shocked that well educated people, like software engineers, scientists, etc easily repeat the narrative of various propagandists and, moreover, they say that these are their own conclusions.
- lostmsu 4y ago
  Please, do.

Did Poland think through the implications of hosting an AEGIS missile system (thanks to the US unilaterally withdrawing from an arms control treaty)? I’m sure the Kremlin was going to believe that was to protect Europe from “Iranian and North Korean” missiles. What a joke.

goatlover 4y ago

War on NATO, Russia loses quickly or we all lose if nuclear war.

pshirshov 4y ago
That doesn't prevent their propaganda from saying what they say. The people are convinced that NATO won't hold up to its promises. Re nuclear weapons. I really doubt that this shit is still functional.
- gibspaulding 4y ago
  > I really doubt that this shit is still functional. Ohh how I wish I could believe that. Once you have the fissile material together my understanding is that it's not that hard to actually build a bomb. The success rate of countries that have decided to start a nuclear program is pretty damn high, and through all those years of nuclear testing, there weren't a whole lot of duds that I know of.
  - andrewflnr 4y ago
    There are a lot of designs that are a lot trickier to set off. Do we know how many of each design Russia has in service? It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of the simpler ones had been replaced by higher yield but more fragile ones. Ed: rockets, targeting, etc are also tricky failure points. Anyway, I agree it's not a great cause for optimism. It would only take a couple of them going off to give the world a bad time. If nothing else they're dirty bombs.

pshirshov 4y ago

Well, I may speak for hours about my observations. Essentially they are sure that noone would vouch for Poland (also for Baltic countries). I've been shocked that well educated people, like software engineers, scientists, etc easily repeat the narrative of various propagandists and, moreover, they say that these are their own conclusions.

lostmsu 4y ago
Please, do.