Results of the week. "Buy a village card!"
In Astana, a meeting of representatives of the official authorities of the Syrian Arab Republic with the so-called "opposition" was held. The main objective of the negotiations is to achieve overcoming differences between the opposition and official Damascus to eliminate the terrorist groups recognized as such by the UN Security Council, and then begin the process of political settlement in the country.
The meeting in Astana did not reveal real informational bombs and sensations. Quietly started, quietly passed, quietly completed. The only thing that paid special attention to themselves: the representatives of the so-called opposition were invited to Moscow, where the Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov handed them proposals for amending the Syrian constitution. One of the proposals is the introduction of a multiparty system. Not finding the phrase “Assad should leave” in the Russian sentences, the “opposition” pulled up the snot with its sleeves and agreed that “they are not bombed, and it’s okay ...” And those who earlier shouted the loudest about the violation of the rights of the Syrian opposition pretended that “Astana” was not noticed in the global geopolitical agenda. Well, they couldn’t see the close cohesion of terrorists with the “moderate” for a long time. Their problems...
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Space Shifters
The end of January was a very hot time for Voronezh workers in space enterprises. It all started on January 20, when Ivan Koptev, director of the Voronezh Mechanical Plant, part of the Khrunichev concern, made a decision about his dismissal.
What with the "Russian" space? ..
Well, as usual, began the search for small scapegoats. If the stage did not work, the rocket did not fly further, and the insurance did not initially cover the launch costs, then who is to blame? That's right - a welder, installer or storekeeper. Well, not an eHvective manager, who is responsible for all the training ...
Of course, this mentioned storekeeper (wow, plunder of capitalist property! ..) gave out the wrong solder to the electronic equipment installer. The installer, inhaling the wrong pairs, incorrectly soldered the chip. And then the welder, deciding to experiment with innovations as part of a personal initiative, applied electrodes that he “cooked” in the garage of the “six” the day before. Where were those who were called upon to control these processes at this time?
As where? - At the facility ... We acted "on a straight line", reporting on how many man-kilometer-decaliters are observing the growth of economic indicators in the framework of space programs and how many cosmonaut-rocket minutes left before the colonization of Neptune and Pluto.
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There, Rogozin has a trampoline (I wanted to give the Americans) - no need - we will fit!
Tishka
sa-ag
Sport? And he is? ..
Over the weekend, the International Biathlon Union (IBU) issued a statement saying that it had carefully studied the reports of the representative of the World Anti-Doping Association, Mr. McLaren, and concluded that the overwhelming majority of Russian biathlonists should be justified.
Sport? What are we talking about? The fact that the treadmill has become almost impossible to distinguish a woman from a man? About the fact that the most painful people on the planet are Olympic champions? .. Or about when the slogan “Faster. Above. Stronger ”replaced by“ Profitable ”? In short, hello to the Williams brothers and coughing Norwegian biathletes ...
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1536
Isn't it easier to disperse all the federations in which, like the Russian officials themselves, they recognize that doping is used. To recruit new athletes from young people with physical data for a particular sport, who, on pain of life imprisonment, should NOT be stuffed with doping, put in new coaches, even if not so honored, new doctors, etc. That is, not to "reboot the system", but to reinstall everything, since such a booze went. And once again start to "cheer" for ours. And, I think, it will take a small amount of time, we will again find ourselves in the first places. But it will be another story.
When during the Great Patriotic War military unit lost its banner, it was disbanded.
And these "clean", "unclean" let them perform under the Olympic flag, if they could not resist the temptation to take illegal drugs.
Same lech
A simple replacement of sports federations will not give you anything without a fight for a place in the sun of world sport ... and here there is just a war without rules with our sport.
And if we don’t learn to respond to such a tough one, we, as the Indians of the USA, will be driven into reservations in a septic tank for many years.
Apro
So where is the ISIS cloning laboratory?
As part of the operation to free Palmyra, the Russian armed forces began to use Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopters and Su-25 "Grach" attack aircraft. Ka-52 search for the enemy and target designation, "Rooks" are engaged in the direct destruction of the militants.
All this is great and generally great. Running in equipment and combat interaction in the real theater of operations. No less cool is the fact that militants are being rolled into the sand almost throughout the entire territory of Syria. However, questions remain. One of the questions: is it true that the IG terrorists (prohibited in the Russian Federation) have command headquarters, factories and weapons depots that are almost daily destroyed by dozens more than the Russian and Syrian Armed Forces combined? .. And what the real strength of this IG, if they manage to successfully go on to counter-offensive in certain sectors of the front, given that they have neither Ka-52 nor Su-25 ... they clone each other there, or something ...
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Only real hostilities contribute to the creation of a strong and invincible army.
Only real hostilities contribute to the development of both technology, and the ability to interact, and to train personnel, and the ability to perform things that even theoretically cannot be done!
No wonder they say that if weapon not used for a long time ... it rusts. And when the enemy attacks, it will not be suitable, and the soldiers will become fat and lazy.
DM51
"Laser" MiGs
Ex-deputy head of the All-Union Military Space Forces Colonel-General Nikolai Antoshkin: “The MiG-35 fighter meets all the requirements of modern air combat, it will significantly update the fleet of light front-line fighters of the VKS.”
Expert: MiG-35 - a new word in aircraft construction
The main intrigue is the statement that the 35-th MiG will have, among other things, some kind of laser weapons. And then it raced ... The interested public was divided into two almost irreconcilable camps, one of which is convinced that all this is usually blah blah blah for the growth of interest in the MiG itself, and that of the 35 laser armaments, perhaps what, laser rangefinder. Others believe that behind the MiG is a top-secret project that has been implemented so much that all the problems associated with the combat laser have been overcome, and it is about to start burning the armor of Leopards, Abrams, and (oh, horror!) "Merkava" from a height 10 thousand meters.
Meanwhile, against the background of information resonance, the MiG-35 began the process of flight tests. But it will be the mainstream of all the "laser" butt.
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svp67
The main thing is that this word was not from the dictionary of Russian mat
okko077
No answer to another question: a light front-line fighter or a multi-purpose aircraft for front-line aviation? If the first is just a game of beautiful words, the second is the desired quality, which is not confirmed by anything ... If you hang something on the ground for this “miracle”, all its frontal force will evaporate, and if you load it in full, then by tactical range it’s not will pull ...
Nobody says that we don’t need such a plane, there’s potential for decades to come, make new engines and confirm the stated characteristics, nobody believes in your fairy tales and foreign buyers either. And it is not necessary to wrap an old, highly maneuverable candy with a scanty radius into a beautiful wrapper. The time of beautiful toys and fairy tales has passed ...
MiG-31 still has gunpowder
The upgrading potential of the MiG-31 interceptor has not yet been exhausted, said Yury Bely, general director of the Instrument Engineering Research Institute (part of Almaz-Antey).
In general, a somewhat strange conversation. And why is it possible for the MiG-31 potential to exhaust itself while taking into account the fact that, well, the RF Ministry of Defense doesn’t have the opportunity to use T-50, Su-35, Su-30CM and other newest fighters "if it is 24 and Su-25 have become a truly formidable force against “bearded bortsuny for democracy” in the same Syria, then why not give at least a program for further upgrading the 31 MiG. Especially since, by and large, the Russian Aerospace Forces really do not have a full replacement with the superior characteristics of this fighter-interceptor. Not yet...
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NEXUS
Deputy commander of the 2 Squadron, Major
Andrey SHESTAKOV:
“If you ask me if there are any planes in the world capable of catching up and holding down the MiG-31, I will say no. Is there an aircraft that can replace the MiG-31? To date - no. Our plane is the best among the heavy fighter-interceptor in the world! And this is not just bravado or, as they say, PR of domestic producers. The main opponents of our MiG are the American strategic reconnaissance missile SR-71 and cruise missiles.
Engines D-30F6
Two D-30F6 engines are installed on our planes, and this already warms the soul of each pilot, makes the aircraft two times more reliable and safer. Because if there are problems with one engine, the car will reach and sit on the other. And this means that both the pilot and the plane will remain intact.
Over the long years of service in our regiment MiG-31, we have appreciated the reliability and efficiency of its power plant. There are, of course, more economical engines, but the “thirty first” machine is very heavy: the 50% glider is made of stainless steel, the 16% is made of titanium and the 33% is made of aluminum alloys. And only one percent is left for composite and other materials. Such a large machine weighing more than 45 tons needs to be raised and accelerated to a supersonic speed of 3000 kilometers per hour! And for now only the D-30F6 engines are capable of such a task.
When the MiG-31 first appeared in public, Western experts laughed at its chopped, like an ax, forms, over its ugly welds. But this car can not be compared with any other fighter, do not blame him in the absence of the usual aerodynamic forms. It’s just a “war horse” that everyone, even potential ones, who violate Russia's borders fear. Two D-30F6 develop cravings up to 15500 kgf each (this is almost a third more than the "twenty-fifth"), and allow you to catch up with any opponent. No wonder for such a speed "thirty first" in the West nicknamed "Hound."
In terms of combat capabilities, the MiG-31 has no analogues either here or abroad. Judge for yourself: the interceptor crew can, of course, successfully act alone, but its main purpose is to work in groups under the command of the leading aircraft. In this case, the exchange of information between them is performed automatically, and all the tasks associated with finding targets and coordinating the group are solved by onboard means. In other words, the MiG-31 battle group can operate autonomously, controlling an extensive air corridor. A single aircraft can simultaneously monitor ten and hit four objects at different heights, different courses and at different speeds.
I note that the MiG-31 is not a maneuverable combat aircraft, but it is capable of performing many elements of aerobatics. ”
Alexey RA
In the meantime, we do not have T-50 - we will, in the absence of a stamp, write in simple, that is, upgrade and use the MiG-31.
In Ukraine, there is no fascism
In the theater of the absurd - tragicomedy behind the tragicomedy. On January 24, a young neo-Nazi was released on bail, killing a police officer in a gang. And recently a new discriminatory language bill has been introduced to the Verkhovna Rada.
And who of the extremists, punitive and radicals in Ukraine since the days of Maidan condemned? Sashko Bilyi self-fired twice, and only because he attacked the avakovskiy oligarch-patrimony. All the rest are heroes, veterans, patriots. And yes ... Books are in the oven, there are no murderers for freedom in Ukraine because there is no fascism ... Yeah ...
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About shelling and mobile phones
The commander of one of the battalions of the armed forces of Ukraine, Vyacheslav Vlasenko, told the Ukrainian media that the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to take control of a strategically important road near the town of Gorlovka.
Aggravation in the Donbas: even Hug saw the light
Operational situation in the Donbass theater against the background of Avakov’s brilliantly insane strategy. What steps to wait?
Shelling, shelling, shelling. Hundreds daily. Even Hugu, with his mission from the Ukrainian "Russian restraints," flew in. And Hug, as befits a true European, and even from the OSCE mission, said that this is nowhere, they say, is not suitable, because the shelling leaves the settlements without electricity, as a result of which it is impossible even to properly recharge mobile phones. Here, they say, if the people of Lugansk and the residents of the DPR recharged their mobiles in time, the coordinates of the Ukrainian military would be more accurate and, according to the OSCE mission, they would stop falling.
In general, who is to blame? Well, Russia is well known ...
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RoTTor
Yes, and bandyukov-natsyukov need something to take, so that an attempt to attack - is inevitable.
And the final is predetermined.
rasputin17
Direct violation of all Minsk agreements! And openly confirmed by the ruin! Where is the OSCE and everyone who cares about democracy and guarantees their observance? Where is Merkel? Where is Hollande? Why is the UN Security Council silent?
g1washntwn
This is a misfortune for American gunners, they cannot give the punitive coordinates, from that the OSCE has such a “care” about the lack of cellular communication.
Offensive continues
There is information about reaching agreements with representatives of the Syrian armed opposition, which has kept several localities in the province of Damascus. Representatives of the Russian center for reconciliation of the warring parties reported that about 2,6 thousand representatives of armed groups in the area of Wadi Barad joined the Syrian armistice process.
Against this background, the offensive of the Syrian government forces on the position of the IG terrorists (prohibited in the Russian Federation) in the Deir-ez-Zor and Palmyra area continues. Thanks to the Russian technology transferred to the Syrian Air Force, an operation was launched to transfer government forces to Deyr az-Zor besieged. This week the information of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation about the launching of rocket-bomb strikes by aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces to the positions of terrorists in the Deir-ez-Zor area also appeared. The operation involved long-range Tu-22М3 bombers.
"Ilyushin" save the Syrian army from a complete defeat in Deir az-Zor
New strikes of Tu-22М3 of the Russian Space Forces on the Igylovians in the Deir-ez-Zor area
According to SANA, the battles against the igilovtsy under Deir ez-Zor are fought in two directions. One of them is a cemetery where the terrorists have set up positions, the second is the vicinity of a military airfield. It is argued that igilovtsy suffer heavy losses, including losses in military equipment.
After taking one of the heights in the area of the city, government forces were able to cut off the supply of militants, which had previously almost always been conducted from the northeast, including the direction from the Iraqi border.
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Marksman
After removing some of the forces from Wadi Barda to cover the holes, everything there had died down. They are shooting from the mountains and entering the villages, when there is no building left.
Here in Khanaser "IG" snapped. In Palmyra rotten. In the DZ coming disaster. SW, El-Bab is more or less. They go to Aran from the west. El Bab will be Turkish.
himRa
A bit unclear. How transmitted?
svp67
himRa
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Reviews
Did not live up to expectations
The Turkish Air Force can not cope with the support of ground forces storming the city of El-Bab, located in northern Syria. Due to the lack of aviation activity, the IG militants drove the Turkish troops and their Syrian allies out of the strategically important settlement of Sulfaniyah, preventing them from strengthening on the eastern approaches to the city.
Meanwhile, the terrorists themselves publish photos of the downed tanks of the Turkish Armed Forces in the area of Al-Bab. It is reported that the offensive of the Turkish troops with the support of the so-called "Syrian opposition" on the position of the "IG" in Sulfaniya (east of Al-Bab) was choked. Igilovtsy counterattacked by large forces. They managed to knock out several tanks and military vehicles of the Turkish army.
Tanks of the armed forces of Turkey were stopped by militants of the IG in the area of Al-Bab
It turns out the Turkish army did not meet expectations. Whose? His own Own command.
Bottom line: the Turkish military command ordered the suspension of Operation Euphrates Shield.
Probably, the Turks cannot do without Russian support. According to Konstantin Truevtsev, a senior researcher at the Center for Arab and Islamic Studies at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, “it’s possible that the Turks will take the El-Bab together with parts of the Syrian army with the active support of Russian aviation.”
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Cruiser "prolonged suffering"
British Defense Minister Michael Fallon spoke about the Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov, which, as part of the ship group, is heading from the shores of Syria to the home port. According to Fallon, who did not look for diplomatic expressions, "Admiral Kuznetsov" is a "ship of shame."
The official of the Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser, the official said, “only prolonged the suffering of the Syrian people.”
Konashenkov-Fallon: Russian ships do not need the escort services of the Royal Navy
This is curious, but so far Mr. Fallon has not had pity for the Syrian people. When this people in Aleppo was under the long-term occupation of terrorists (oh yeah, called “moderate opposition” in London), Fallon didn’t have the right words to express appropriate feelings. He didn’t have any pity even when the planes of the American coalition bombing excavators and wedding processions “missed” in Syria and Iraq. Apparently, airplanes can not "prolong the suffering", this is the lot of cruisers.
By the way, Comrade Konashenkov answered Mr. Fallon.
“The purpose of such statements and shows played with escort escort of our ships is to divert the attention of British taxpayers from the real state of the royal naval fleet UK, ”said Igor Konashenkov, representative of the Russian military.
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210ox
Reserve officer
Yes, the phrase is just not over. In its full version, it would be necessary to say: "Admiral Kuznetsov" is the ship of shame in the UK. "
cniza
Found a competent enemy
According to a report by the Center for Historical Analysis and Conflict Research (CHACR), the constant decrease in defense expenditures is causing the growing depletion of the British army. Experts point out that for the United Kingdom there is no direct threat of a direct attack, but they see the danger of interfering in a third-party conflict in the event of aggression against the British allies or countries strategically important for London.
“Is the British army ready for this?” Asked the authors of the report. According to them, the only combat-ready unit remained in the country's armed forces today. At best, out of the entire armed forces, it will be possible to deploy a brigade numbering 10 thousand people. In a military confrontation, it will be completely destroyed in one day by “such a competent enemy as Russia.”
One will save the British army: Russia is not going to enter London, storm Buckingham Palace, overthrow the queen, and feed the prime minister to bears. And in London they understand it. Reports of this kind are usually compiled by those people who wish to get more money for armaments and the maintenance of the army and navy.
This is not surprising: the other day, the commander of the British fleet, Admiral Sir Philip Jones recognizedthat the Royal Navy is full of problems with a reduced budget, staff hunger and technology. It was about a real “black hole” (black hole): the British navy lacks 500 million pounds. Moreover, the commanders were ordered to find an opportunity to save even more!
It is obvious that in Britain they do not even think of preparing for war with the Russians. The decision is correct: Russians do not attack.
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Airborne as a secret weapon
The West, and with it some in Ukraine, is worried about the future position of NATO. Like, if the alliance does not go to war with the Russians, then he (the alliance) will not be able to stretch for a long time. The Russians, on the contrary, will get stronger. They are still strong: they have discovered a secret anti-NATO weapon. His name is Airborne.
Analysts believe that the Russian Airborne Forces need only a few hours to capture the entire Baltic, and NATO will not even wake up.
NATO is nothing more than an ordinary military business, in which the United States plays the first violin. The Crimean peninsula became a kind of pretext for salesmen-conductors such as laureate B. Kh. Obama. Shouts about the Russian threat have risen, the Baltic politicians have all started talking about the imminent invasion of Putin’s army into the free Vilnius, Riga and Tallinn.
They shout about invading 2014 of the year, but the Russians have never invaded anywhere. Despite the fact that other analysts are confident that the Russian Airborne Forces need only a few hours to capture the Baltic States.
It is difficult to say what the rulers of the Baltic states think about, inviting American soldiers to themselves and carrying thousands of tons of American steel equipment. The content of all this stuff flies in a pretty penny, and the real benefit is exactly zero. Russians are not going to attack the small republics. But the actions of the United States and NATO are the reason for the arms race, which represents a real threat to world peace.
However, NATO has never been a peacekeeping organization. Her business is to sow death.
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Talgat
In fact, Europe for thousands of years carried out aggression in the neighboring regions, starting with the same Alexander of Macedon (and, probably, before him were). Colonial wars in Africa, America, etc., their everlasting "Drang nach Osten" - an attempt to colonize the peoples of Eurasia since the times of Alexander Nevsky and ending with 1612 or 1812 or 1941, etc.
Fortunately, the peoples of Eurasia are not Africa and not Latinos, and they are colonized very badly. Or rather, generally do not lend themselves to colonization. They form well the Eurasian empires (Attila, the Golden Horde, Tsarist Russia, the USSR, etc.), where the peoples are equal in rights, but they are repulsed by external colonizers.
And in this news from the Baltics everything is turned upside down: the aggressors are presented as victims, and vice versa
If anyone threatens anyone, it is an aggressive NATO bloc and Europe - they threaten Russia as an outpost of Eurasia ...
Europe and NATO are dozens of times now both richer and stronger, and it is they who are attacking and setting up missile defense, etc. Their goal is to crush and end. But it will not work: now they will be held back by nuclear weapons. And tomorrow Eurasia will be reborn again, as it did many, many times.
siberalt
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oldzek
Frozen punch?
According to the information of the American scientist Stephen Cohen, Moscow managed to repel the two strategic “democratizing” attacks of Barack Obama on Russia (from Turkey and the Syrian direction). But the third direction, the Ukrainian one, was only able to be frozen with the help of the Minsk agreements. However, according to browser observer V. Kamenev, when Donald Trump came to power, the situation in the Donbas will get its permission. “The 2017 year will, apparently, be decisive in the fate of the Bandera regime in Ukraine, and perhaps in the Europe-associated Bandera Europe,” Kamenev said. Moreover, “for such a“ European integration ”Moscow will try to force European“ colleagues ”to pay in full.
In reality, the situation is completely different. More precisely, it is the opposite. Moscow at one time had no other choice but to “freeze” the conflict in the self-proclaimed republics that tried to break away from Kiev.
And "defrosting" in 2017 of the conflict by anyone's unilateral refusal from the Minsk agreements promises hell of a pitch. Moscow on such obvious nonsense will not go.
In addition, 2017 cannot become a decisive foreign policy decision for Trump in any sense: the US military budget, including spending in Europe, is approved by congressmen and approved under President Obama. For the year ahead! And Mr. Trump will have to stick with what money is being spent on in 2017. Including “confronting” Russia with the equipment and those soldiers that were recently sent to the EU from the USA. Resist theoretically, of course, because only insane people in NATO can believe that Putin will take the Baltics tomorrow and land troops in Warsaw. However, this year nothing “decisive” in the fate of the “Bandera regime in Ukraine” is planned. Yes, and advisers and ministers at Trump as to the selection: strongly pulls from many Russophobia and the desire to "restrain" Russia. However, Hillary Clinton, if she became a president, the team would also be “uh”. American politicians love Russia is not accepted, and Donald is no exception.
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One of you
In fact, the “unthinkable scenario” for three years is already being implemented, so far, of course, fragmentary. As for the new republics, then, frankly, the people in the current situation now have different goals, and no one else delivers another coup. The main thing is to survive. So, as long as the Kiev “politicians” and the Ukrainian oligarchs do not bite each other over the remaining tidbits of state property and sales markets, nothing will change, and the Kiev junta will continue to exist, driving Russophobia into the brains of the population that have not yet been completely clogged with this filth .
inkass_98
Vend
Do not play the fool, America!
The Chinese have placed Dongfeng-41 intercontinental ballistic missiles on the border with Russia. There are two opinions: a) “Chef, everything is lost!”: The Chinese became crowded in their homeland, and they decided to move the boundaries at the expense of one “strategic partner”; b) “Do not play the fool, America!”: the deployment of missiles is associated with the accession of Mr. Trump, who previously made provocative statements against China, in the United States. The fact is that rockets can reach the US territory in half an hour.
In the United States, as in Russia, they do not admit that the Chinese have placed missiles near the Russian borders in order to frighten or press the frontier "strategic partner."
Another thing - a trading partner, that is, the United States. The rather aggressive rhetoric of the Republican Trump who prevailed in the United States led to China’s response.
No, Beijing does not plan to strike missiles at Washington, but the dialectic orders to back up peaceful intentions with nuclear warheads.
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Baikal
Talgat
The fact that they were placed nearby, speaks of China’s confidence and that it considers Russia an ally.
In general, I (like all of us) are not a big fan of China, since there is a millennial confrontation between the steppe and China, and when this period of “friendship against the USA” ends, it will still be necessary to think about containing the Dragon.
But for these missiles everything is unequivocal: it is not a threat to all of us, but, on the contrary, a sign of trust.
Secondly, there is an element of "Chinese cunning": Americans can be afraid to deliver the first blow, because next to Russia.
Thirdly, tomorrow they can agree with Russia on joint protection of the ICBM (if the Americans strongly end up with both the Russian Federation and China). Close proximity may allow cover for their Russian missile defense system.
In general, it is not bad that someone appears, besides the Russian Federation, who is threatening the United States with an intercontinental strike. In general, many say and write that 21 century is the century of confrontation between the USA and China.
That is, maybe the Russian Federation will be able to take a break and gather strength while these two are butting. And we are slowly integrating, and EAC will get stronger, and so on.
korvin1976
Suppose the enemy of China, not the Russian Federation, decides to destroy these launchers. Our Strategic Missile Forces will notice the launch of missiles, but due to the proximity of the launchers to the borders of the Russian Federation, it will be very difficult to understand where the missiles are aimed at launchers.
On the other hand, if these launchers would have been placed against the Russian Federation, then this seems to be just absurd. Placing launchers in the radius of action of tactical weapons of a "potential" enemy (provided that we consider the situation that launchers are directed against the Russian Federation) is simply nonsense. Such missiles can actually be shot down on the take-off trajectory or destroyed before the launch, and this can be done by tactical weapons.
Not to say that I personally enjoyed this placement of weapons, but, on the other hand, this is a positive moment in relations with China, which says that China trusts the Russian Federation.
Danish plagiarists
In the Arctic, Russia's interests are actively opposed by Denmark. According to the head of the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Russian Federation, to the Danes "there are serious issues." The fact is that a significant part of the Danish Arctic application is based on the use of geological materials ... Russia.
“So far we have questions for the Danes. The specialists of the Ministry of Environment were in December in Copenhagen, and there they presented a preliminary concept, - said the head of the Ministry of Environment of the Russian Federation Sergey Donskoy. - In addition, comments were submitted regarding their application. We showed where we diverged, and seriously enough. " “We have main observations in the justification. Given that most of the Danish application is based on the use of our geological materials, ”the minister added.
Where did the Danes take the Russian materials?
According to Donskoy, these materials were open to analysis for reasonableness.
The situation with the arctic "increment" of Russia should be considered uncertain. The United Nations Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, which has been dragging on the recognition of the corresponding territories by Russia for so many years, will undoubtedly drag on. Apparently, Moscow is counting on some support from Washington, relying on Donald Trump. It seems to us that such hopes are meaningless. Trump is a US president, not a Russian one, and he clearly does not intend to expand Russia geographically. It will not strengthen the political opponent, it is obvious. In addition, the United States has not yet ratified the agreement on the delimitation of the Arctic continental shelf.
Probably, the main disputes over the shelf will unfold not now, but in the warm season: in May, the chairmanship of the Arctic Council will be transferred to Finland, and in the summer the United Nations commission will change its composition.
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