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2017-04-20 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia Claims it Can Wipe Out US Navy With Single 'Electronic Bomb'

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Posted by gorb 2017-04-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 “Destroyed” US Warship Donald Cook In Baltic Sea Refuses Russian Offer Of Help

Posted by Skidmark 2017-04-20 00:50|| 2017-04-20 00:50|| Front Page Top

#2 I dunno man, I think warships are dependent as never before on electronics and computers, and making them crash remotely is a far better idea than hitting them with bombs. It's a huge vulnerability and to mock it is just whistling past the graveyard.

Posted by Herb McCoy7309 2017-04-20 02:04|| 2017-04-20 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 After the utter failure of the "impenetrable" Russian supplied SAM network in Syria two weeks ago, it seems the Russians have now caught the Iranian wonder-weapon disease to boost their morale.

Posted by The peanut gallery 2017-04-20 07:56|| 2017-04-20 07:56|| Front Page Top

#4 The report also claims they are capable to creating electronic jamming domes over their bases that make them invisible on radar screens.

Talk radio also claimed there were multiple stealth bases with nuclear armed jets in the Arctic, with Special Forces on reindeer (?)

Posted by Whavish Thusoling5684 2017-04-20 11:54|| 2017-04-20 11:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Okay, an ex-co-worker and friend designed and built the woodpecker radars (Duga + Chernobyl).
Everything under the sun including mind reading rays has been claimed for them.
He? He just laughed.
It was a phased array radar system where phases were controlled by lengths of carefully tuned and cut coaxial cable. We are talking extreme brute force analog here!
When I introduced him to an old PavePaws designer and the 2 talked he claimed the could sense any plane over the South Pole region from the Chernobyl location.
I asked him sense or locate.
Answer was "We could resolve his latitude but not his longitude!"
That can be a big damn circle to hit!

So the purpose? Take Russian claims with more than a grain of salt!

Posted by 3dc 2017-04-20 12:19|| 2017-04-20 12:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Sounds like Putin hired one of Pudgy's PR guys.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2017-04-20 12:55|| 2017-04-20 12:55|| Front Page Top

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