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Post by Drifter on Dec 27, 2019 23:51:53 GMT -5
Russia Deploys Hypersonic Weapon, Potentially Renewing Arms RaceThe new Russian weapon system flies at superfast speeds and can evade traditional missile defense systems. The United States is trying to catch up. WASHINGTON — The Russian military on Friday said it had deployed a hypersonic weapon that flies at superfast speeds and can easily evade American missile defense systems, potentially setting off a new chapter in the long arms race between the world’s pre-eminent nuclear powers. American officials said Friday they have little doubt that the Russians have a working hypersonic weapon — which sits on top of a modified missile and is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead at speeds faster than 3,800 miles per hour. Moscow has been working on the technology for years and has invested heavily in it, determined to reverse the pattern in the Cold War, when it was often struggling to catch up with American nuclear weapons systems. If the new system, called “Avangard,” works as President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia boasted when he described the weapon a year ago, it would significantly enhance Moscow’s already powerful nuclear forces, American officials said. Read more here
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Post by notmydad on Dec 28, 2019 1:05:30 GMT -5
Trump will soon announce a deal whereby Putin will protect us with his new toy. In exchange for...? I feel so much safer now.
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Post by The Inspector on Dec 28, 2019 1:13:35 GMT -5
I am not buy it, We can't stop all the nukes now that's the difference.
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Post by chinadoll1981 on Dec 28, 2019 4:44:02 GMT -5
So does the new Space Force be armed with super lasers to knock down hypersonic weapons?? Pew pew pew..... we not even at war yet world prepare for war every moment...... I wonder when we will just give peace a chance?
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Post by smitty45 on Dec 28, 2019 6:49:27 GMT -5
So does the new Space Force be armed with super lasers to knock down hypersonic weapons?? Pew pew pew..... we not even at war yet world prepare for war every moment...... I wonder when we will just give peace a chance? As long as humans breath there can be no peace. Time has proven that over and over and will continue to do so till the end of the human reign. sad truth.
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Post by 2old on Dec 28, 2019 7:40:03 GMT -5
I don't think Putin has his eyes on the U.S. This hypersonic system which will render our missile defense systems useless is for the purpose of Putin expanding into... and through... Europe. Our missile defense systems and our military has been deployed throughout NATO nations to ward off threats from Russia towards our allies. In a short three years, Trump has displayed a despicable attitude towards decade long allies and NATO. He would rather spend our military budget on a useless wall than on actual defense systems. He would rather wind down the numbers of our sworn soldiers, replacing those budget dollars with padding the pockets of his crony DOD contractors. His dreams of military parades that salute him as they do Kim outweigh obligations to allies. His thoughts of a military that will defend him when he declares the 2020 election illegitimate outweigh any thoughts of what might be going on in Europe. Yet, his base will believe him when he sits their like Alfred E. Newman saying "What? Me worry?"
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Post by helen on Dec 28, 2019 9:00:22 GMT -5
Hooray!! Another toy in the 'mine is bigger than yours' game boys love to play.
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Post by Kady on Dec 28, 2019 9:52:45 GMT -5
.....no worries folks, Trump's wall will protect us...
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