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Playing armchair general here, but I wonder what's the playbook if Russia decides to conduct a nuclear weapon "experiment".
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Launching a missile to explode over the ocean to show resolve to use nukes. Next, launching a missile to explode over some Alaskan waste, if the previous step doesn't induce NATO to start the negotiations. Something like that.
That would trigger an overwhelming response. Nuclear weapons create huge EMP bursts which disrupt communications. One popular type of theoretical first strike is to detonate one or two missiles in the atmosphere to cause confusion, then follow up with the main salvos while peoples' main sensors and communications are blind.
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> ethnic stereotypical Russians are Finno-Ugric people They speak Russian, a Slavic language. The culture is clearly linked and descended from the Old Slavonic people. I'd love to know about the thinking as I'm scratching my head here. This is the first I've heard this claim and I am half Finnish, quarter Russian by ethnicity. My grandparents certainly did not think they were from the same ethnic group.
The first argument is theoretical and controversial. The second point is not.
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Launching a missile to explode over the ocean to show resolve to use nukes. Next, launching a missile to explode over some Alaskan waste, if the previous step doesn't induce NATO to start the negotiations. Something like that.
In other words, a madman capable of using Nuclear weapons, will be gentle, sensitive and follow etiquette with his Nuclear actions?
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Satellites with high powered lasers are a fantasy that don't exist right now. The converted Boeing 747 airborne laser was a colossal failure and would have only been able to target a missile nearby in its boost/launch phase. It's now dismantled. You think you can send fighters to gun down an icbm MIRV in its re-entry phase? Seriously?
>Satellites with high powered lasers are a fantasy that don't exist right now. You need approximately a 5KW laser to do the job. Virtually all satellites have this much power available. So this 'fantasy' is that you don't believe these sattelites are in orbit? It's quite obvious that this wouldn't be public knowledge. I admit I have no idea. >The converted Boeing 747 airborne laser was a colossal failure and would ha…
"have this much power available" is one part. "having laser system to use that power" is another. If they couldn't get it to work with a laser mounted on top of a 747, what makes you think they can get it to work on a satellite?
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Well, tomorrow we'll witness the economical suicide. Sberbank - 1$ = 110,49₽ Tinkoff - 1$ = 153,75₽ And the markets are not even opened. For the reference, before Putin started full-scale war against the Ukraine: 1$ = 78.66₽ (23rd Feb)
What do you mean when you say "Sberbank - 1$ = 110,49₽" and "Tinkoff - 1$ = 153,75₽"? Are these different exchange rates for different banks?
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Well, tomorrow we'll witness the economical suicide. Sberbank - 1$ = 110,49₽ Tinkoff - 1$ = 153,75₽ And the markets are not even opened. For the reference, before Putin started full-scale war against the Ukraine: 1$ = 78.66₽ (23rd Feb)
What do you mean when you say "Sberbank - 1$ = 110,49₽" and "Tinkoff - 1$ = 153,75₽"? Are these different exchange rates for different banks?
Previous week it was aprox. 80 Rubles per U.S. Dollar.
Now due to the White House's statement that there will be sanctions against the Russia's central bank (they shouldn't able to use the reserves to keep Ruble stable) it is predicted that Ruble will collapse tomorrow.
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What do you mean when you say "Sberbank - 1$ = 110,49₽" and "Tinkoff - 1$ = 153,75₽"? Are these different exchange rates for different banks?
Yes. You can purchase dollars in exchange of Rubles. Previous week it was aprox. 80 Rubles per U.S. Dollar. Now due to the White House's statement that there will be sanctions against the Russia's central bank (they shouldn't able to use the reserves to keep Ruble stable) it is predicted that Ruble will collapse tomorrow.
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There is an argument that stereotypical ethnic Russians are Finno-Ugric people. Moreover, if you go almost anywhere in Siberia, 50% or more of the locals will be of ethnic minorities native to the area (you may describe their appearance as Asian). More in rural areas. Many regions are dual language, Russian + indigenous. This includes the largest administrative region on Earth that is not a country.
> ethnic stereotypical Russians are Finno-Ugric people They speak Russian, a Slavic language. The culture is clearly linked and descended from the Old Slavonic people. I'd love to know about the thinking as I'm scratching my head here. This is the first I've heard this claim and I am half Finnish, quarter Russian by ethnicity. My grandparents certainly did not think they were from the same ethnic group.
Modern Russian is a little bit older than hundred years.
"Pre-reform" language was significantly different in script, vocabulary and grammar and wasn't older than hundred years itself. Before Napoleonic war 1812 nobility was speaking French, ruling family was German and serfs were speaking Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian or one of the Turkic dialects.
The only slavic parts remaining in the modern Russian is Cyrillic script and words borrowed from Ukrainian.
Time to ask HN: how do you want to spend the last days of your life?