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2015-07-19 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

The Soviet Union's Insane Plan to Crush NATO in Battle

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-19 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 NATO's ridiculous ideas on how the war would work out (Soviet tanks pouring across the border, NATO retreating and commanders clamoring for the release of nuclear weapons, badly needed supply convoys crossing the Atlantic) was a total joke. The Soviets only had one plan: use 90% of its nukes in the first hour of war. Then, drive forward until they got to the Spanish border.

Posted by Thraling Hupoluns2819 2015-07-19 00:27|| 2015-07-19 00:27|| Front Page Top

#2 Moscow would have been a glowing pile of cinders within the first twenty minutes. The French alone would have seen to that.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-07-19 00:35|| 2015-07-19 00:35|| Front Page Top

#3 I'm glad we are all friends now.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-07-19 04:02|| 2015-07-19 04:02|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe we saw the ability of the Soviet army in the suppression of Chechnya. It really didn't go well. For decades the failure of Soviet proxies was always blamed on the 'monkeys', to use Russian terminology. That rationale was wiped away in the early debacle of the Chechnya operations. I don't think NATO would have allowed the Soviets the breather they had in that operation to get their act together.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-19 08:56|| 2015-07-19 08:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Soviets wish Obama had been in power then

Posted by Frank G 2015-07-19 10:16|| 2015-07-19 10:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Chechyans didn't even have western support, just left over weapons and training from the days when folks were drafted to the red army to fight in Afghanistan.

Posted by rjschwarz 2015-07-19 14:17|| 2015-07-19 14:17|| Front Page Top

#7 Soviets wish Obama had been in power then

Last best chance was when Jimmy was in and the Army was in its race riot, pot smoking, AWOL, Donk non-funding period.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-07-19 18:09|| 2015-07-19 18:09|| Front Page Top

#8 Blaming Brezhnev.

Another reason to like Dick Nixon.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-19 19:44|| 2015-07-19 19:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Compare the then-Soviet plan to CHINA'S ALLEGED OR REPORTED PLAN AZG THE US ... ...

* INDIAN DEFENCE FORUM > CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS 2.0: CHINA COULD DEPLOY NUCLEAR WEAPONS [DF-31 ICBMS] IN CUBA, SAYS REPORT, iff the US ever decides to deploy TacNukes to East Asia as hedge agz China.

* SAME > CHINA COULD USE NEUTRON BOMB IN CASE OF US INVASION: DUOWEI.

* WORLD NEWS > CHINA ASSEMBLING WORLD'S LARGEST SEAPLANE FOR SOUTH CHINA SEA?

Asymmetric Warfare.

Guam-WESTPAC???

China has repor dev a MICROWAVE-ENERGY WEAPON.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-07-19 22:33|| 2015-07-19 22:33|| Front Page Top

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