Not really unfortunately it is an annoying gap in our capabilities we've been far too complacent about. The Type 45s have some ability but it is limited.
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Not really unfortunately it is an annoying gap in our capabilities we've been far too complacent about. The Type 45s have some ability but it is limited.
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You don’t threaten nuclear war from a position of strength
It's the ****** bit, just ****** slowly.
To be honest, given the state of Russian military equipment we've seen, I don't put much weight behind how many actual ready to launch nukes the Russians have. I don't buy the whole "Russia has only sent in the bad gear to save the good stuff". Given how much egg he's got on his face he would have deployed his 10 good tanks and his 3 generation 5 fighters by now.
Putting is ALL FACE as it's now been proven.
Putting is ALL FACE as it's now been proven.
I think countries would remain discrete on those capabilities if they exist, that's what I'd think anyway
You need to read the rest of the paragraph you're quoting, not just stop at the first sentence. You're making the same point I was.
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It’s the bit where you could cook popcorn whilst simultaneously screaming.
No you are trying to use your last bit as a get out.
The entire bullet point is nonsense.
"and whatever is left" doesn't make up for it. Everything is left, that is how the deterrent works, the ability to strike back is not affected at all and doesnt rely on others like you suggest.
In fact this saga may push the likes of Germany to finally build nuclear weapons, as they dont have the same level of safety like the UK and France.
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The joy of corruption as a means of sustaining 'face' and power. Just because your cronies tell you all's well doesn't mean they spent the cash on what you told them to and to the effect desired.
I don't think we ever operated Patriot. Sky Sabre is the replacement for Rapier as far as I know, and is more of a point/local air defence system. I could be wrong but I don't think it has any ABM capabilities.
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I guess once this is all over, that tiny bit of funding for climate change will be diverted to the military
Russia have already lost over 15% of the tanks they had positioned near the border for the invasion, if Ukraine can keep this up it may not even be a question of can they hold but a question of can they win.
It is far too short range to have any useful capability vs ICBMs and/or their reentry vehicles.
I dont think that is the case, i think the world coming together and everyone doing what they can with sanctions and no fly zones for Russia are having a massive effect and I dont think Putin expected this much.
Also the Ukrainians have done an amazing job in resisting so far and made this a real fight rather than a walk in the park for Russia....but Putin simply hasn't brought in the heavy gear. I dont think he wanted to use it and i'm still hoping he wont.
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It already exists as a ground based system:
https://www.army-technology.com/projects/aster-30/
The enhanced Aster 30 missiles are still being developed for BMD.
This whole situation makes me wonder again what the US was doing couple of weeks back when they pulled something out of Germany, from the airbase nuclear weapons are stored at, under heavy escort with heavy NATO AWACS/ISR missions in the region.
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