Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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I thought the UK were getting criticised for not putting more sanctions on Russia yet Russia are saying the UK are the worst.
 
ubersonic said:
This is pretty much true, Russia do not have the same failsafe's/checks that western countries do (most of which have a policy of president/PM says fire the nukes and the nukes are fired).

To put it in perspective, back in the 90's Norway or Sweden launched a satellite without notifying Russia, the Russians mistook it for an ICBM launch from a NATO sub and brought the news to Yeltsin, the nuclear briefcase was set up and it got to the "push button to launch" stage, luckily it was past 9am so Yeltsin had already been drinking and he decided to break from doctrine (launch on warning) and see how it played out.
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So tell them you are launching a satalite and it's all good?
 
bingham67 said:
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Damn... even the (obviously lagged in part) confirmed reporting is super bad for Russia.

robfosters said:
That makes it sound like they cannot be launched unless someone else fires first
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Maybe there is another mechanism for example that apparent FSB leak to Bellingcat also says Putin can't unilaterally order a launch. It does suggest a tactical nuke launched locally but in terms of ending the world/MAD stuff that can't be solo. Also is skeptical about how well-maintained those nukes have been!

ubersonic said:
Entai said:
That is exactly how it works.

He says fire.

Everyone else follows the orders, or gets shot, and the next in command follows the orders.
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This is pretty much true, Russia do not have the same failsafe's/checks that western countries do (most of which have a policy of president/PM says fire the nukes and the nukes are fired).
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source; trust me bro agreeing with source; trust me bro.

See the doc below, skip to the last paragraph if you don't want to read the whole thing

dowie said:
This is interesting, alleged leak from an FSB analyst, bit lost in the old (google) translation:

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delta0 said:
If Visa, Mastercard, amex etc. all shutdown in Russia do they have any systems they can use for card transactions? This is pretty significant if no one can use their cards anymore.
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The motherland plastic, accepted everywhere as long as it's Russia. Contactless just like your untimely end if you miss a payment.
 
CaptainRAVE said:
Sounds like thousands of foreign fighters are heading there too. It isn’t going to be easy for Russia. It’s really captured hearts and minds across the west.
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Since it started over 100k Ukrainian workers have gone home to fight form across Europe, the Russian army are totally outnumbered if not outgunned (yet).
 
The quoted Visa press release says that Russian issued cards wouldn't work outside of Russia, and vice versa. I don't read it as saying that they will stop transactions using a Russian issued card in Russia.
 
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