SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Definitely trading places as a world power.
"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)
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Admiral Beez
Major
If there was ever a moment for the Belarusian people to revolt against their autocratic government it is now.
In ‘land of partisans,’ Belarus activists fight their government’s support of Russian war - National | Globalnews.ca
As well as tracking Russian army movements, the anti-war movement has conducted cyberattacks and joined an all-Belarusian battalion fighting in Ukraine.
globalnews.ca
And now's the time for Georgia to retake South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Russia can't be in all places.
China is very pragmatic and shrewd. If they're buying Russian oil it will be at a deep discount with many strings attached.
Russia's GDP is smaller than Canada and Italy's. List of countries by GDP (nominal) - Wikipedia Having nukes does not make you a world power.
buffnut453
Captain
So which one's the down-and-out pretending to be a yuppie and which one's the yuppie pretending to be a deadbeat?
And, more importantly, who are the Machiavellian characters pulling the strings in the background?
Enquiring minds want to know!
RogerdeLluria
Staff Sergeant
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- Jul 5, 2015
Interesting yes, but probably counter productive.
It will also be interesting that Moldavia and Ukraine should consider taking on the Russian backed separatists in transnistria and oust the Russian troops there. It is estimated that 1000-2000 Russian troops are stationed there. While Moldavia failed to take control of Transnistria in the 90's because it is really easy to defend across the Dniester river, there is no possible defense if attacked from the Ukrainian side.
To make it more interesting, once Transnistria is handled back to Moldavia, Moldavia and Romania should consider a fast reunification (yes there is some support for reunification), leaving Transnistria in EU and NATO.
Speaking of interesting what-ifs, what about Poland and Lithuania taking over Kaliningrad? I reckon that its quite an expeditive solution to the Kaliningrad question.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Germany to Stop Russian Oil Imports by Year End
Germany will cut off Russian oil imports by the end of 2022, a move that comes as European leaders discuss new energy sanctions against Russian oil over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, reports The National Review.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
The Ukraine could take Transneistra without issue and handing it over to Moldova for a fast-track to reunification with Romania would work.
But Poland and/or any Baltic States try to take Kaliningrad and Russia would claim NATO aggression - even if they acted as seperate entities.
What would work at this point, would be if Georgia moved quickly to retake territory captured by Russia in 2008.
It would divert Russian attention from Ukraine operations as well as catching Russian forces at a time when manpower and equipment are stretched thin.
And wishful thinking here, but if Georgia did that, then the door would be open for Japan to retake territory seized at the close of WWII, opening a three-front war for Russia.
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Wow.
Germany to Stop Russian Oil Imports by Year End
Germany will cut off Russian oil imports by the end of 2022, a move that comes as European leaders discuss new energy sanctions against Russian oil over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, reports The National Review.www.newsmax.com
SaparotRob
Unter Gemeine Geschwader Murmeltier XIII
Isn't Kaliningrad pretty much ethnically Russian by now? Interesting to see what results a non-binding referendum would produce.
Greg Boeser
1st Sergeant
Admiral Beez
Major
Leave Kaliningrad alone. That little rump of the former USSR is a NATO-surrounded liability and huge expense for Russia, not a strategic benefit. I imagine Russian government accountants rue the the day they thought of keeping that now indefeasible and strategically useless bit of the former German empire and lately Poland.
Truman and Churchill's sign off at the Potsdam Conference to turn over Königsberg to the USSR is yet another betrayal of Poland. It's amazing that so many Poles moved to Britain when the latter just kept kicking them.
space dodo
Airman 1st Class
i should be way to young for this joke, but some how i understand the reference.
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
It was a pretty cool movie
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Doubtful - not a single nation reclaiming their land has anything to do with NATO.That wouldn't trigger a M. A. D. response.
All territory the Russians would deem "under attack" are areas they hold under military occupation.
Not one of the countries have nuclear arms.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military said Wednesday it successfully performed the first test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin said would make the West "think twice" before harboring any aggressive intentions against Russia.
The test launch of the Sarmat missile comes amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West over the Russian military action in Ukraine and underlines the Kremlin's emphasis on the country's nuclear forces.
[...]
Speaking to senior officials, Putin hailed the Sarmat launch, claiming that the new missile has no foreign analogues and is capable of penetrating any prospective missile defense.
"This really unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia's security from external threats and make those, who in the heat of frantic aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country, think twice," Putin said.
apnews.com
Once more, Putin chooses to play the victim even as he tries a bully-tactic. It's like the guy doesn't have any other play in his playbook. It's like he's taking lessons from Kim Jong-Un.
The test launch of the Sarmat missile comes amid soaring tensions between Moscow and the West over the Russian military action in Ukraine and underlines the Kremlin's emphasis on the country's nuclear forces.
[...]
Speaking to senior officials, Putin hailed the Sarmat launch, claiming that the new missile has no foreign analogues and is capable of penetrating any prospective missile defense.
"This really unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia's security from external threats and make those, who in the heat of frantic aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country, think twice," Putin said.
Russia test-fires new intercontinental ballistic missile
The Russian military says it has successfully performed the first test of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, a weapon President Vladimir Putin said would make the West “think twice” before harboring any aggressive intentions against Russia.
apnews.com
Once more, Putin chooses to play the victim even as he tries a bully-tactic. It's like the guy doesn't have any other play in his playbook. It's like he's taking lessons from Kim Jong-Un.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
Russia's star is on the wane, and Putin knows it. If they didn't have nukes, nobody would take them seriously.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Yeah, so the Russians just tested a "new" secret scary missile.
Translated from Russian propaganda speak:
"We have this prototype missile that was tested successfully.
It's not actually different than the others, except we say it's special.
We can now plan on producing it. We don't have any others at the moment, but the world should still be afraid."
Translated from Russian propaganda speak:
"We have this prototype missile that was tested successfully.
It's not actually different than the others, except we say it's special.
We can now plan on producing it. We don't have any others at the moment, but the world should still be afraid."
Exactly.
"We will produce hundreds in the next few days even though we haven't got the production or economic capability at the moment
and we will park them next to the 2300 Armarta tanks we were going to make by 2021 but we've only managed about 30 but that's
ok because we are upgrading the new tank to be hypersonic which will mean they can then be parked next to the new version of
the Moskva which will be cleverly pre sunk which will cut costs on propulsion and weapon systems (that's how we get around sanctions)......."
"Oh, and why is it that lately every time I go into any room there is an Elephant in there that tries to take a dump on me ?"
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
In Days of Olde, when one rattled their sabre, there was actually a blade attached to the hilt...
