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> Former US Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn, who also served as the 24th national security advisor under the first Trump administration, noted that the Ru
by mkfs 1y ago
> Former US Army lieutenant general Michael Flynn, who also served as the 24th national security advisor under the first Trump administration, noted that the Russian bombers could have been parked in the open due to nuclear treaty obligations.
> “FYI, those bombers that were hit HAVE to be out in full view due to nuclear treaty obligations. Zelenskyy took advantage of that,” General Flynn noted on X.
> His post generated heated discussions on social media about whether Russian obligations under a bilateral treaty with the US might have helped Ukraine in targeting the Russian strategic bombers.
From the State Department: https://www.state.gov/new-start-treaty https://www.state.gov/new-start-treaty
> The treaty permits the use of national technical means of verification (e.g. satellites) in a manner consistent with international law, and contains explicit provisions that prohibit interference with NTM and the use of concealment measures that may impede monitoring by NTM.
- mkfs 1y agoI'm not necessarily criticizing the operation, just noting the flood of > lol dumb Ruskies parking them out in the open comments here and elsewhere neglect the role START obligations may have played in Russia's domestic security failure. It's also unsettling to think about how much US critical infrastructure could be vulnerable to similar attacks.
- jfengel 1y agoIt does seem odd that they'd choose to follow these specific obligations at a time when they are flagrantly violating so many others. What could the US do besides a strongly worded letter? A possibility: maybe they didn't even possess hangers for these planes. Not that they couldn't; they just didn't when they were at least pretending to make nice. And then they didn't think to build hangers when they had so much else to do.
- lancekey 1y agoDidn’t Russia suspend participation in New START? https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-suspends-new-start-and-increases-nuclear-risks https://www.csis.org/analysis/russia-suspends-new-start-and-...