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Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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Post by supergirl »

Scarblac wrote: post #48
supergirl wrote: post #45

highly unpopular opinion. NATO does have its share of blame for this escalation. they did it on purpose I would bet, to finally defeat Russia through a difficult war, without even losing 1 soldier. NATO was formed exactly for the purpose of countering the Soviet Union. Ukraine joining means rockets at small distance from Moscow. isn’t it reasonable to see it as an existential threat? it defeats the nuclear parity. US…

NATO already has member countries equally close to Moscow, there was no way Ukraine was going to join any time soon, and no reason for NATO to station any missiles there when all of Russia has been in range of ICBMs fired from submarines since decades now. It's a completely made up story by Russia.

isn’t it the case that if the enemy launches ICBM you have more time to react than if they launch short rage rockets?

Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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TestSIM1 wrote: post #67
notreallyserio wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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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Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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Post by svnt »

notreallyserio wrote: post #68
TestSIM1 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It seems like too large a difference between banks, wouldn't this lead to arbitrage?

I believe currently only one of these banks can enable you to get your money out of Russia — thus the difference.

Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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Post by svnt »

messe wrote: post #63
goblin89 wrote: post #60

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The first argument is theoretical and controversial. The second point is not.

What part of Russian being a Slavic language is controversial?

Poster is not saying that — they are answering the immediate parent’s question, not analyzing his arguments, and instead analyzing the two arguments of the grandparent post.

Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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Post by hourislate »

morpheos137 wrote: post #44
helge9210 wrote: post #43

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> slavic North Korea Russian Federation is mostly not slavic. Secession of federation regions (as it happened with USSR) is the next step on the path of the least resistance.

You do realise that Russians are Slavs, correct?

They may be considered Slavs but the reality is many of them are more Mongolian and very different from Slavs. Even their language shows signs of Mongolian influence. The Mongolians could not pronounce certain sounds properly and the Russian language exhibits these pronunciations.

Re: Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert

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Post by sAbakumoff »

newby wrote: post #70
sAbakumoff wrote: post #3

Time to ask HN: how do you want to spend the last days of your life?

You might find inspiration in 2012 movie Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. It does not have especially high rating but I liked it. I keep thinking about it today for some reason. Even if the world does not end, finding a friend is always a good thing. [1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1307068/

Personally, I would spend my last days in deep meditation until the very end.

Friends are not big help in this scenario…

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Post by watoc »

ukraineally wrote: post #29
323 wrote: post #27

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That's not true. There are more options available to US than just "fire all the missiles".

>There are more options available to US than just "fire all the missiles". I mean any launch by Russia will be declaration of war on everyone. I don't know the effectiveness of stopping these nukes with missile defense. I suspect the USA has multiple plans that they expect to be effective.

Very unlikely that they could be intercepted. IIRC those missiles launched from Russia can reach the east coast in an hour.

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Post by svnt »

gruez wrote: post #65
ukraineally wrote: post #36

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>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…

>You need approximately a 5KW laser to do the job. Virtually all satellites have this much power available. "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?

I am not an expert, but lack of atmospheric losses could be a major factor in deploying a system with practical levels of coverage.

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19790005436/downloads/19...

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Post by quinndexter »

belter wrote: post #37
belter wrote: post #10

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Minutes ago the BBC confirmed both Ukraine and Russia will have negotiations, without pre-conditions in the Belarus border. This means: - Its either a trap from Russia signals intelligence to be able to track Zelenskyy location. Hopefully he will not be there himself and is being well advised on that aspect by local foreign military experts. I love his Twitter posts, but I am sure all Russian military satellites are…

Unfortunately it looks, and I so much, so much, hope I am wrong, that the reasons for these negotiations, is so that Russia can transmit an Ultimatum. I have reliable information that Belarus troops are being prepared to join Russian troops at the request of military support of their Russian fellows.

The US had "reliable information" that Iraq had WMD's. Try to be better than that.
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