Oddbean new post about login | logout Neither you nor I "Know" what Russia does or doesn't have, militarily. I find it very very hard to believe that Russia doesn't have satellite technology to detect incoming ICBM's, I might, of course, be wrong though.
Anyone who says that the nation who invented space travel doesn't have equivalent or better technology than NATO makes me laugh.
That was my thinking my friend🤷🏻♂️. Back in the Cold War days, they almost certainly would have, so why not now🤔.
Now they reveal less. But even their outdated stuff is kicking ass now. I dont understand how people think that if the USA couldn't win in Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, Vietnam, they think they can win in Ukraine?
It is bizzare mate. I follow geopolitics quite closely. Ultimately though, despite what we think we know, we know nothing. Nothing can be proved, everything is deniable. That is a consequence of the post truth era.
Agreed, but we can speculate intelligently and call out ridiculous speculation at the same time 😉
Indeed. @Little Mikey D did elaborate on his initial post some moments ago with a concession or two. That's what I like about this space. Reasoned debate as opposed to outright abuse. Well done gentleman🫂.
I'm not saying it, I'm expressing what I heard in this video meeting. It was a suprise to me to hear that, and I certainly would have presumed otherwise, and that they would have had such systems at least since the 1980s. They shouldn't be hard to acquire or design/build and then launch. So like you I'm skeptical of that statement, and maybe the people in this meeting aren't vetting their sources well enough.
You're a very knowledgeable guy and I really like reading your notes, it's nice to have a reasoned debate as opposed to an argument. Refreshing🙏🏻.
Then there is this from CNN lol.... https://edition.cnn.com/2019/02/11/politics/pentagon-russia-china-laser-threat/index.html
Yes and I've heard of (other? maybe the same) Russian satellite 'vehicles' launched into the orbit of a US government satellite and "tailing it"
Russians were first in space. Americans were so far behind they had to fake moon landings to save face. Before Elon Musk and Space X the International Space Station relied on Russian Soyuz to get astronauts to and from ISS. Still, i don't think these things matter and only people like you Mike even care about them. i doubt Russia will launch nukes at anybody, although it is always a good idea not to live next to any potential target of a nuclear attack. i remember after 911 working in Manhattan on relocating a bank datacenter out of NYC to secure it from nuclear attack and thinking - what about me ? i am still here LOL. i'm not in Manhattan now but i am within biking distance of a couple of air force bases that are legitimiate targets. i should move out of here LOL.