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2007-08-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Russia considers dumping the INF treaty.

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Posted by 3dc 2007-08-01 01:01|| || Front Page|| [11137 views ] Top

#1 Oh yes please do. Its a dead letter anyway so its rather moot to debate whether Russia is doing anything by withdrawing from the treaty. Also allows us to continue research on things like a sub launched MRBM or ground launched MRBM, longer ranged ATACMs and GMLRS systems and even possibly a new GLCMs. Deployment of new systems like this allow for surgical strikes just about anywhere on the globe on short notice, and with the way things are going in places like Iraq, items like GMLRS may become the future of surgical strike artillery.

Posted by Valentine 2007-08-01 03:07|| 2007-08-01 03:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Works for me.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2007-08-01 10:56|| 2007-08-01 10:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's talk about orbital-based kinetic weapons systems, hmmm?

Posted by mojo">mojo 2007-08-01 11:52|| 2007-08-01 11:52|| Front Page Top

#4 mojo,
"Rods from Gods" perhaps?

Posted by Delphi 2007-08-01 12:03|| 2007-08-01 12:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Russia is attempting to do with us exactly what they did to them.

Russia's life expectancy is low. While they had a post-war baby boom like we did, it wasn't as big and more of that generation have already died because of health problems such as alcoholism.

Twenty years from now the US will be in a position where most of the baby boom is on Social Security. Our federal budget is going to be a mess. There is no WAY we are going to be able to fund a massive military buildup. BUT in 20 years from now Russia will have much less of a pensioner population and a new baby boom that they are now creating will be entering the workforce (and the military). A much higher percentage of their population will be at a productive age and a smaller portion on benefits.

Basically, the Russians are going to be able to outspend us in a military buildup because of the coming Social Security debacle when the boomers retire. Failing to bring in and legalize immigrant labor to help support those boomers will make the situation even worse.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-08-01 17:04|| 2007-08-01 17:04|| Front Page Top

#6 I doubt very much that there will any baby boom in Russia as presently constituted. The problems that have made for a shrinking Russian population show no sign of letting up. Maybe the few survivors will be rich enough to pay tribute to new overlords, or maybe China & Muslim nations to the south will just take it all.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-08-01 18:13|| 2007-08-01 18:13|| Front Page Top

#7 LOL We're doomed! All that with Peak Oil and Global Warming! I bet it breakers the interweb.

Posted by Abu Maxis 2007-08-01 19:51|| 2007-08-01 19:51|| Front Page Top

#8 I meant Climate Change of course.

sorry

Posted by Abu Maxis 2007-08-01 19:52|| 2007-08-01 19:52|| Front Page Top

#9 Russia is worried over Chinese Eurasian ambitions + needing "living space", by mil force iff need be; + Muslims comprising an ever-increasing higher percentage of its armed forces over time.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-08-01 21:24|| 2007-08-01 21:24|| Front Page Top

#10 I think you might find Muslims comprising an increasing percentage of OUR armed forces over time too. Our armed forces generally reflect the society it recruits from. Right now in NYC, for example, the Muslim and Jewish populations are roughly equal. The Jewish population of NYC is decreasing and the Muslim population is increasing. Just one example.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-08-01 22:54|| 2007-08-01 22:54|| Front Page Top

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