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Started by jimmy olsen, March 14, 2009, 08:50:05 AM

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Kleves

#15
March 14, 2009, 12:46:20 PM
Quote from: I Killed Kenny on March 14, 2009, 11:19:12 AM
The question is: How quickly could those bombers reach the US? Could the USAF take them easily?
Doesn't matter. The bombers won't give Russia first strike capability, and if the Big Dance(tm) ever did start they would be entirely irrelevent.
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March 14, 2009, 01:10:14 PM
Quote from: Kleves on March 14, 2009, 12:46:20 PM
Doesn't matter. The bombers won't give Russia first strike capability, and if the Big Dance(tm) ever did start they would be entirely irrelevent.
Unless the evil Russkies have clones Slim Pickens and turned him to the dark side...
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FunkMonk

#17
March 14, 2009, 02:57:53 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 14, 2009, 11:27:29 AM
I don't think anything based in Cuba is leaving the ground unarmed in case of a war.
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Neil

#18
March 14, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 14, 2009, 02:57:53 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 14, 2009, 11:27:29 AM
I don't think anything based in Cuba is leaving the ground unarmed in case of a war.
How would the US stop them?  Russian air defence is a trillion times better than anything the US has.  That's what EUOT has to say.
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Martinus

#19
March 14, 2009, 03:16:23 PM
I'm always astounded when Russkies are doing something like this. They seem to be operating in a completely different paradigm - assuming they are evil and bent on destroying the world, they should welcome a naive friendly US President and pretend they are happy with his acts of good will - instead they spit at him and do some empty posturing. I wonder what they are gaining by that - the only meaningful consequence is the Western world shaking its head and saying "Oh well, that's right. Russkies can't be trusted".

Ed Anger

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March 14, 2009, 03:22:24 PM Last Edit: March 14, 2009, 03:26:25 PM by Cindy Brady
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 14, 2009, 11:22:12 AM
Quote from: I Killed Kenny on March 14, 2009, 11:19:12 AM
The question is: How quickly could those bombers reach the US? Could the USAF take them easily?
I'm no AF guy but probably: Easy targets.

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FunkMonk

#21
March 14, 2009, 03:25:53 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 14, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 14, 2009, 02:57:53 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 14, 2009, 11:27:29 AM
I don't think anything based in Cuba is leaving the ground unarmed in case of a war.
How would the US stop them?  Russian air defence is a trillion times better than anything the US has.  That's what EUOT has to say.

Ground invasion, but we'd have quite a bit of trouble considering a single T-72 can destroy an entire US Tank Company with 3 rounds.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

Neil

#22
March 14, 2009, 03:29:34 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2009, 03:16:23 PM
I'm always astounded when Russkies are doing something like this. They seem to be operating in a completely different paradigm - assuming they are evil and bent on destroying the world, they should welcome a naive friendly US President and pretend they are happy with his acts of good will - instead they spit at him and do some empty posturing. I wonder what they are gaining by that - the only meaningful consequence is the Western world shaking its head and saying "Oh well, that's right. Russkies can't be trusted".
The Russians don't want to pin their hopes on good relations with the US.  If you remember, there was a time when there was an extremely pro-Russian president who allowed Russia to riddle the government with spies and provided them with all kinds of technology and gifts.  However, the next president was rather hostile, the one after even more so, and so on.  That's the advantage to the Russian autocracy:  Continuity.
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Martinus

#23
March 14, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
Maybe it's part of Obama's plot to turn Texas into a nuclear wasteland?  :)

Neil

#24
March 14, 2009, 03:41:33 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
Maybe it's part of Obama's plot to turn Texas into a nuclear wasteland?  :)
Texas is probably more powerful than Obama.
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Grey Fox

#25
March 14, 2009, 03:47:40 PM
Quote from: Neil on March 14, 2009, 03:15:57 PM
Quote from: FunkMonk on March 14, 2009, 02:57:53 PM
Quote from: Grey Fox on March 14, 2009, 11:27:29 AM
I don't think anything based in Cuba is leaving the ground unarmed in case of a war.
How would the US stop them?  Russian air defence is a trillion times better than anything the US has.  That's what EUOT has to say.

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FunkMonk

#26
March 14, 2009, 04:31:07 PM
Quote from: Martinus on March 14, 2009, 03:40:33 PM
Maybe it's part of Obama's plot to turn Texas into a nuclear wasteland?  :)
You must mean Florida.
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The Brain

#27
March 14, 2009, 07:36:08 PM
Why can't we all just get along??!?
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FunkMonk

#28
March 14, 2009, 07:38:00 PM
Quote from: The Brain on March 14, 2009, 07:36:08 PM
Why can't we all just get along??!?
No  >:(
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The Brain

#29
March 14, 2009, 07:39:29 PM
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