Azor...this goes back to a previous discussion of ours.....
Many in Moscow Now Think Using Nuclear Weapons is ‘Entirely Possible,’ Mlechin Says
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com...-nuclear.html#
Thanks for these and Happy New Year.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Azor...this goes back to a previous discussion of ours.....
Many in Moscow Now Think Using Nuclear Weapons is ‘Entirely Possible,’ Mlechin Says
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com...-nuclear.html#
I don't find him particularly compelling. Research into nuclear weapons policy indicates that American and Russian/Soviet nuclear doctrine was and is almost wholly dependent upon their conventional power relative to one another.
Even when Kennedy's administration turned away from Eisenhower's New Look/First Offset/Massive Retaliation doctrine, not much changed operationally until the Nixon era, because it took decades (at least 20 years) for the United States to develop a credible Flexible Response.
Only during the late 1970s did it become apparent that technological advancement could allow US conventional forces to "fight outnumbered and win" against quantitatively superior Warsaw Pact, Chinese and North Korean forces.
Despite Reagan's confrontational rhetoric, he was the first US president not dependent upon nuclear weapons when it came to the Soviets.
Look at the nuclear saber-rattling done by Eisenhower (to end the Korean War), Kennedy (to end the Cuban Missile Crisis), Nixon (to deter Soviet forces from entering the Yom Kippur War and to pressure the Soviet Union and China to stop aiding North Vietnam) and Ford (to signal displeasure to North Korea).
Putin's nuclear saber-rattling coincides completely with: (a) official acceptance of the Russian military's weaknesses, and (b) a sense that the West is expanding and needs to be contained.
Irrespective of one's moral views regarding the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia, the fact is that both saber-rattled when they felt on the defensive and unable to challenge the other.
Removed from the context of the Soviet Union being a genocidal and aggressive power, Eisenhower's deployment of nuclear weapons was not only provocative but bordering on lunacy.
Galeotti noted that no Russian general believes that "nuclear de-escalation" is even feasible. It's all part of Putin's show; his brinkmanship that mimics what US presidents did in the 1950s-1970s. Unfortunately, Mlechin serves as an unwitting mouthpiece to convince the West that Putin is a "madman" and therefore cannot be confronted anywhere lest he set off the bomb.
Azor...here is the core problem with dealing with Putin...his inner circle and yes even the Russian FM Lavrov.....when one preaches nothing but their very own propaganda "kool aid" for the last two years focused on why they are clashing with the West...then at some point one begins to truly believe that "kool aid" meaning you are in fact a superpower fully capable of dictating your will .....you lose totally sight of the true ground reality and mistakes then occur in judging exactly what the West will or will not do...that is the inherent problem with propaganda..trying to keep leaders immune from it so they can make valid and sane assumptions in their decision making process....AND IMHO they are on the verge of actually "believing" that they could in fact get away with a tactical nuclear first strike...at least on the senior leadership circle around Putin....this does not include the military which will always do what the Putin circle dictates....
We are now at that point on the Russia side........and we in the West keep making the same basic mistake when we judge Putin's actions....the West led by the US have totally misread him since Crimea...his invasion of eastern Ukraine and exactly what he wants in Syria.....
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An interesting fact behind this comment......
Nixon did nothing but pass information to the Soviets in the form of sat photos...the nuclear threat came directly from the Israeli side...and then vice versa later in Yom Kippur.Nixon (to deter Soviet forces from entering the Yom Kippur War
As the Egyptian Army was advancing and the Israeli's were retreating and it did not look so hot for the IDF.....the Israeli's parked a few nuclear devices on the runway of a major IDF airfield near Tel Aviv just in time for a US spy satellite pass.....and the US "got the message"....and then passed that to the Soviets....urging them to reign in the EA.........
THEN when the IDF was on the verge of encircling the entire EA and causing a sound defeat the Soviets alerted an elite Soviet Airborne Div and were loading an Soviet elite Airborne Regt (the US picked up via NSA/ASA the alert status) on a well known Soviet airfield in full view of a passing US spy sat....that info was passed to the Israeli's via photos by Nixon and the IDF if you really check the open media pulled up short of a total win and allowed the EA to make it back across the Suez.......
During those years even during US/NATO exercises all Soviet spy sats were fully tracked and their crossing times over the exercise areas were published well in advance of any exercise....and during the crosses...vehicles went under cover and all comms were throttled back...
BTW....on the day of the EA attack across the Suez and for the next four days....at midnight on a specific LW radio frequency there was a constant of messages in English for example...."Nate's mother is asking Nate to call home as she is sick".....for hours.....and then they were repeated one more time...
This was the IDF calling up their strategic reserves scattered around the world to come home and merge with the IDF...and a number of US Army tank officers suddenly left their US units in Germany......took emergency leave and departed Europe to fight in the IDF tank units.
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Confirmed. End of story. Wait for the leak.
https://twitter.com/odhcpd/status/816932334754811904#…
Rumour has it #Ukraine hackers have got hold of #Russian army satellite intel database of their presence in Ukraine.
Bloody Ukrainian "hacktivists" who seem to refuse to surrender. That's very unpleasant.
Let see how the story gets spun or forgotten by Western MSM...
BTW...this Ukrainian group is just as good if not better than the Russian state sponsored hackers....
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Le Pen's office reacts to possible ban on entry to Ukraine for her comments that the Russian actions in Crimea were legal.
http://www.unian.info/politics/17114...-ukraine.html#
Russia's #RVSN #РВСН added 2,000 contract soldiers in 2016; now has 18,000 contractees in its ranks.
http://bit.ly/2idQIOV
The difficulties encountered in hacking....never talked about by Trump and company....
How to save the princess in 8 programming languages
https://toggl.com/programming-princess#…
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UCA hackers got data on payments to these soldiers. - Russian Ministry of Defense financing terrorism. Not "soldiers on their own"
BUT WAIT this particular professional full time contract Russian soldier is now inside eastern Ukraine based on his on Russian VK social page....
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And surprise-surprise - "LNR" UAV teams are Russian Federation military, operator of downed Orlan-10 from 83 Paratroopers brigade
Don’t Forget The 4,000,000 Ukrainians Living Through Russia’s War In The Donbass http://bit.ly/2ibDS3C
@brycewilsonAU reports from Donbass
English version of @InformNapalm's fact-checking investigation on @CrowdStrike @DAlperovitch deeply flawed report.https://informnapalm.org/en/never-cr...trike-report/#
World renowned @InformNapalm completely obliterates @CrowdStrike Android malware report by fact-checking. Serious credibility concerns.
Last edited by davidbfpo; 01-05-2017 at 03:47 PM.
Friendly meeting of President of #Moldova with a leader of #Russian terrorists who captured part of Moldova
https://www.facebook.com/dodon.igor/...6829498343048#
Moldavian election badly flawed by hacking and missing election votes outside the country that inhibited proEU voters living outside the country which would have caused the proRussian President to have lost the election...ballots were to be shipped to the various Moldavian Embassies but in most cases never arrived....thousands could not vote....
Head of #Ukraine intelligence: 2 acc of RU Army is under UCA (Ukraine Cyber Alliance) control. Part 1: UAV Orlan--10
https://informnapalm.org/ua/2-ak-zs-...m-uca-part-1/#
ATO HQ reports 52 attacks yesterday including heavy 152mm artillery
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"Borderizing"- a word to remember - McCain & Co’s Magical Mystery Tour of Russia’s Front Line
http://thebea.st/2i6CkI1
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All #Russian army addl. UAVs has been marked as repaired / malfunctioning prior deployment to #Luhansk Army 2nd corp
https://twitter.com/lennutrajektoor/...455168#…
Confirms that the Russian military industrial complex cannot build and deploy mil quality UAVs to the field.....in large numbers....and cannot maintain them when deployed
I am referring specifically to Nixon’s decision to go to DEFCON 3, which was about deterring the Soviets from intervening. I am aware that Israel threatened to use nuclear weapons against the Egyptians and Syrians in order to obtain US aid.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Of course, we must ask why did Israel’s nuclear saber-rattling work on the United States, but not Syria or Egypt?
I would say that it didn’t work on the Arabs for the following reasons:
- Arab aims were actually rather limited (reconquest of Golan and Sinai)
- Israel being unable to detonate a weapon on the battlefield without inflicting damage to Israelis and Israel
- The expected outcry if Israel destroyed Cairo or Damascus
- Soviet guarantees of retaliation (see further down)
I understood that Israel was serious about using nuclear weapons given Dayan’s initial shock, and that the satellite reconnaissance only confirmed what Tel Aviv had communicated verbally to Washington.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Indeed. I also gather that the Soviets had deployed SSBNs to the area, nuclear-armed Scuds to Egypt and had a vessel carrying nuclear weapons docked in Egypt, all to dissuade the Israelis from either pressing their advantage too far and/or using nuclear weapons. The US certainly noticed the ship and the Scuds and would have kept the Israelis in the loop as well…Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
This is a very fun fact. Thanks for this.Originally Posted by OUTLAW 09
Did it materially help the IDF?
Azor.....concerning Russian loses.....
Вата losses in 2016 in #Avdiivka promzone was 200 KIA in 100th brigade & 11th regiment of DNR.
https://twitter.com/Price_Cap_UA/sta...1639157731333#
WIAs are estimated at twice the number killed.....
AND Russia has not gained a single sq meter more territory from UAF in this critical industrial area....has the largest European coking industry....
Stop Fake @StopFakingNews
How to find information about a website and its owner
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Azor.....this is IMHO the very first indicator that the fighting moral of the Russian Army in eastern Ukraine is starting to crumble......THIS also tells me their loses both Russian military and Russian mercenaries is far higher than really known but the truth is being spread among the troops....
Russian military feign illness not to go to Donbas - Defense Ministry
http://www.unian.info/war/1713172-ru...ministry.html#
Another indicator of the much improved quality of UAF combat line units... their artillery units...and UAF SOF.....
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