Tag: NATO
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Patriot Missiles for UA
The US is getting ready to provide the Patriot air-defense system to Ukraine. The publicly stated reason is to defend against Russian cruise missile and drone strikes on the nation’s power distribution network and energy related facilities such as national gas and petroleum reserves. The truth is Patriot system is badly suited for such purposes.…
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Defense Against Cruise Missiles and Drones in Modern War
Since different Western air-defence systems are now finding their way into UA, many commentators rise the issue of their effectiveness against Russian strikes. Among those systems there are some that can be called “legacy”, as well as some of the most modern short to medium range ones. To understand their effectiveness, let’s analyze this issue…
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As the Russian Government Pretends Everything is Okey-Dokey, the War Becomes More Hybrid Than Ever: Possible Long-Term Implications for NATO in Europe.
So, the Nord Stream I and II there taken out of commission by someone. The mainstream media doesn’t point fingers — they are probably in shock and don’t have clear instructions from their patrons on how to spin that to the public. In the lack of the mainstream narrative, the alternative media is blaming the…
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Euro-Globalists Want Their Own Nuclear Deterrence Forces
Or at least that is my impression from the short news article at Reuters: Germany’s Schaeuble calls on Berlin to help fund French nukes – report. It seems like EU-elites are preparing for possibility of a rift in US-EU relationships. Until now US has shielded the NATO member states under its own nuclear umbrella of…
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Multiple-launch rocket systems (MLRS) for Ukraine isn’t a “game changer”
There is a renewed talks about the US supplying MLRS launchers to Ukraine. Ukraine maintains that the reason it’s loosing the war is the lack of this or other “wonder weapon”. As soon as it would be supplied with it, the tides of war will surely change directions. Let us examine those assumptions. MLRS in…
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Half-Time reminiscence: guesses about Russian vision at the start of the war
Part 1. The pre-war. I possess an opinion, that Russians were basing their political and military actions at the start of the war on some practical and reasonable, but non the less wrong assumptions. The basis of their assumption was the obvious military supremacy of the Russian Armed Forces over the Ukrainian’s. Logic dictated for…
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More on Scott Ritter’s updated prognosis of Russian-Ukraine War
Since the alternative media I’m attuned to is taking much if it time discussing Scott’s new insights, I had a few thoughts of mine own in this regard. If the individual point, as they are relayed by him, are mostly accepted by me, as valid ones, there are some comments I would like to add,…
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Would Russia go to war with Finland if it will joint NATO?
To answer this question we have to consider a few things. What is the current situation regarding the war in Ukraine? What are the dangers of Finland joining NATO, compared to the Ukraine joining NATO. Is it more or less dangerous to Russian security? Are there other means to make Finland to change its mind…
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