Current Events > U.S. Tests Missile Banned for Decades, Ignoring Warnings from Russia

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The United States has tested a land-launched cruise missile surpassing a limit set by a decades-old deal with Russia since scrapped by President Donald Trump's administration.

In a press release published Monday, the Pentagon announced that the previous day it "conducted a flight test of a conventionally-configured ground-launched cruise missile at San Nicolas Island, California."

pissing match begins!
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That's why I started buying Northrop Grumman and Raytheon stocks tbh

Once the INF was off the table everything became game.
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Doesn't seem great
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Capitalism/Communism will lead the human race to our doom. The power structure of society shouldnt be based on greed
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Who are going to blow up, anyway?

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving
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source?

CADE FOSTER posted...

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving

That's not quite how they work.
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solosnake posted...

Capitalism/Communism will lead the human race to our doom. The power structure of society shouldnt be based on greed

What does communism have to do with this
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Antifar posted...

Doesn't seem great

Of course.

Needs to be more faster, stronger, quieter, deadlier, etc. Always room for improvement.

Hexenherz posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving

That's not quite how they work.

Explain it young one
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*continues smiling like Kim Jong-un*
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Antifar posted...

solosnake posted...

Capitalism/Communism will lead the human race to our doom. The power structure of society shouldnt be based on greed

What does communism have to do with this

In practice they are like 2 sides of the same coin. Theres really not much difference between the two at the highest levels of decision making. Both will lead to destruction through greed
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solosnake posted...

In practice they are like 2 sides of the same coin. Theres really not much difference between the two at the highest levels of decision making. Both will lead to destruction through greed

Obligatory:

John Kenneth Galbraith

Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

CADE FOSTER posted...

Hexenherz posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving

That's not quite how they work.

Explain it young one

http://russianforces.org/blog/2015/01/tracking_down_road-mobile_miss.shtml

They don't "constantly drive around".
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ah
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Questionmarktarius posted...

John Kenneth Galbraith
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Woman exploits woman?

Hot.
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They were talking about bringing back rail-mobile ICBMs but I guess they put that on hold - https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rs-24-barguzin.htm
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Feetish posted...

Questionmarktarius posted...

John Kenneth Galbraith
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.

Woman exploits woman?

Hot.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grkaKRWkjM8" data-time="

Duncanwii posted...

Still want that war with Iran conservatives?

We need peace with Iran, so we can get those cheap red pistachios again.

Hexenherz posted...

orthrop Grumman and Raytheon stocks tbh

both operate in my city. and we are near san nicolas island.

fun fact: san nicolas island was where Island of the Blue Dolphins was filmed.
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They are literally everywhere it's kind of creepy.
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its been long rumored we have nuclear silos out there as well.
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The hypocrisy is hilarious. "Don't test these certain kinds of weapons even though we started testing them before you did! You don't want to make us angry, do you?".
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"Do as I say, not as I do"
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Spooking posted...

The Russian puppet is at it again!!11!

All this does is gives Russia cover to do the same without getting in trouble for being the first one to do it.
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it's a long arguement who did it to us first.
russia obviously violated the agreement. then US violate the agreement.

it's russia's fault.
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A new arms race seems totally like a good idea, and affordable as well.
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ScazarMeltex posted...

A new arms race seems totally like a good idea, and affordable as well.

Perfect thing in these stable times
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ScazarMeltex posted...

A new arms race seems totally like a good idea, and affordable as well.

Good thing a bipartisan Congress greatly expanded the Pentagon's budget. Now we can buy more planes we'll never use!
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So, Iceland or New Zealand? New Zealand I don't need to learn a new language, but Iceland will be better when global warming takes over. Granted, if we swing the opposite way with nuclear winter, I'd probably want to be in New Zealand. Hmm.
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Hexenherz posted...

That's not quite how they work.

Sokolov referred to the Shagohod as the "Treading Behemoth," though a more accurate translation of the name is "Step Walker" or "Great Step." It was originally built as a nuclear-equipped tank that could launch nuclear missiles from any type of terrain. However, a major problem developed when it became apparent that the Soviet Union's ICBMs during the 1960s were too big for the Shagohod to carry. The Soviet military didn't wish to hear of it, as they wanted a weapon that could launch an ICBM directly into the American homeland. Sokolov was the one who came up with the idea for it to utilize his Vostok cluster rocket design to accelerate the Shagohod enough to launch an IRBM to lauch at the same speed as an ICBM, dubbed "Phase 2."
Though it was originally intended to be a theatre- to intermediate-range nuclear weapons platform, operable from any type of terrain, the final "Phase 2" design of the Shagohod used rocket boosters to propel the behemoth to a speed of over 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) before launching its nuclear missile, essentially acting as an additional stage, increasing the range to ICBM levels. Upon launching a nuclear missile, it would then release three parachutes as a means of braking the Shagohod.[3] The main disadvantage was that the Shagohod required 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) of flat, even land, such as a long road or runway, to get up to speed and decelerate safely.
The perceived advantage of Shagohod over traditional silos was its mobility and thus relative stealth. As a mobile weapon, it was also suited to more aggressive posturing, leading to the threat of a nuclear first strike with the new system. Nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles represent almost the same capability; the reason the Shagohod was considered such a threat was that it represented an ability that the U.S. did not have. Its armor was also thick and strong enough to withstand even the blast of an RPG-7's round without a scratch

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I thought trump was russia's bitch though?
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Spooking posted...

The Russian puppet is at it again!!11!

"he's just following putins orders" - some geopolitical genius, probably
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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

Hexenherz posted...

That's not quite how they work.

Sokolov referred to the Shagohod as the "Treading Behemoth," though a more accurate translation of the name is "Step Walker" or "Great Step." It was originally built as a nuclear-equipped tank that could launch nuclear missiles from any type of terrain. However, a major problem developed when it became apparent that the Soviet Union's ICBMs during the 1960s were too big for the Shagohod to carry. The Soviet military didn't wish to hear of it, as they wanted a weapon that could launch an ICBM directly into the American homeland. Sokolov was the one who came up with the idea for it to utilize his Vostok cluster rocket design to accelerate the Shagohod enough to launch an IRBM to lauch at the same speed as an ICBM, dubbed "Phase 2."
Though it was originally intended to be a theatre- to intermediate-range nuclear weapons platform, operable from any type of terrain, the final "Phase 2" design of the Shagohod used rocket boosters to propel the behemoth to a speed of over 300 miles per hour (480 kilometers per hour) before launching its nuclear missile, essentially acting as an additional stage, increasing the range to ICBM levels. Upon launching a nuclear missile, it would then release three parachutes as a means of braking the Shagohod.[3] The main disadvantage was that the Shagohod required 3 miles (4.8 kilometres) of flat, even land, such as a long road or runway, to get up to speed and decelerate safely.
The perceived advantage of Shagohod over traditional silos was its mobility and thus relative stealth. As a mobile weapon, it was also suited to more aggressive posturing, leading to the threat of a nuclear first strike with the new system. Nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles represent almost the same capability; the reason the Shagohod was considered such a threat was that it represented an ability that the U.S. did not have. Its armor was also thick and strong enough to withstand even the blast of an RPG-7's round without a scratch

MGS3 made me cry with its ending :|
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MuayThai85 posted...

The hypocrisy is hilarious. "Don't test these certain kinds of weapons even though we started testing them before you did! You don't want to make us angry, do you?".

lol "hey kim no nukes for you. only we can have nukes."

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ModLogic posted...

MuayThai85 posted...

The hypocrisy is hilarious. "Don't test these certain kinds of weapons even though we started testing them before you did! You don't want to make us angry, do you?".

lol "hey kim no nukes for you. only we can have nukes."

No shithole nukes
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We really need to revive the Cold War.

Lunatic Killers, Gang Bangers and Terrorists have gotten boring and common.

I want to hear some World destroying news, like the old days.
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ModLogic posted...

MuayThai85 posted...

The hypocrisy is hilarious. "Don't test these certain kinds of weapons even though we started testing them before you did! You don't want to make us angry, do you?".

lol "hey kim no nukes for you. only we can have nukes."

I mean, no one really wants anyone who doesn't already have them to have them - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons North Korea had even acceded to this several decades ago and then withdrew.
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I thought Russia already started testing new missiles
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thronedfire2 posted...

I thought Russia already started testing new missiles

Correct. It's also specifically the function/intended range of the missile that makes a difference, since an entire range of nuclear missiles was banned under INF.
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I just saw on the news yesterday that Russia is fucking with some sort of nuke that could pass our defenses

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Bad_Mojo posted...

I just saw on the news yesterday that Russia is fucking with some sort of nuke that could pass our defenses

Trying to

Failing miserably
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CADE FOSTER posted...

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving

Uh... we already have mobile nukes. But they're on submarines instead of trucks.
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Esrac posted...

CADE FOSTER posted...

We need mobile nukes tbh Russia has a shit ton of nukes on mobile trucks missile bunkers can be destroyed mobile Trucks are always moving

Uh... we already have mobile nukes. But they're on submarines instead of trucks.

Russia has SLBMs, too.
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