Comments on: Russia vetos UN resolution put forth by U.S to ban nuclear weapons in space https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/ Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460820 Sun, 28 Apr 2024 17:51:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460820 Back in 2022 Biden cut the funds for new Naval ships and upped the decommissioning number. presently we are buying 9 and sinking 24.
In 2023 he cut back the budget again and slowed the replacement rate back by 3 years,
Giving the saved cash to the illegals. Some say illegally since he can not move budgeted money from department to department.

As for Russia or China stealing tech from the US.
Its a little hard to not believe it after seeing the US patriot missile maneuvering system and then a few years later the same style shows up in China and Russia. On their SA- systems.
After following the Russian systems developments and updates after the maneuvering theft all they have pretty much done is trade distance for warhead size

Russia does not have the tech base to keep up with the US and the western nations. With China’s help they could, but not on their own.
Economic sanctions on China will no longer work. We have to many enemies that will buy off of them to even hope of starving them out inside the next 50 years. They will live off of slave labor just like NK.

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460438 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 13:30:55 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460438 Steven is right.

Libertarianism is as big an enemy to military preparedness as liberals themselves. LeMay and Rickover got blank checks and space advocates starved in comparison.

Right now Israel has SDI tech saving its skies–but Space Force is still starving in comparison to carrier groupies and fighter jocks–THEY need to be gutted in favor of New Defense.

But any time space advocates complain and rightfully so, your knee-jerk libertarianism kicks in.

]]> By: Max https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460323 Sat, 27 Apr 2024 03:43:50 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460323 I agree with pzatchok, nuclear weapons require decaying triggers that must be replaced often making space-based nuclear weapons rather foolish but scary to talk about.
Reagan’s Star Wars systems fantasy are now obsolete and the current ballistic and cruise missiles are manageable, far faster and more reliable. (Boeing is turning the F-15s in Utah into pilotless attack drones…)
Tungsten ”Rods from God” are nearly as destructive without the nuclear radiation. Rocks from a lunar base would even be more destructive.

It is true that the Russians our buying tech and equipment from the Chinese and Iranians.
The United States has always given them the technology for free… Not only during the cold war with our nuclear secrets was found in their possession, (A book written by a whistle blower in the 50s is now selling on Amazon for $150 a copy for paper back)
The United States (Joe Biden ) just filled a base in Nigeria, just like Afghanistan, with the latest high-tech equipment and is abandoning the Air Force Base… walking away from it knowing that the government there has already made a deal with the Russians to take over our fully stocked air base. Christmas comes early for Putin.
Hunter Biden says the family business is influence… There is nothing else they have for sale. So if there’s something the United States has that you want, Joe Biden can get it for you for the right price. If you don’t have the money? Obama can you get that for you too. How many pallets of $100 bills do you need?
Apparently business is good.

]]> By: pzatchok https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460203 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 17:11:52 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460203 Nuclear weapons in space are useless.

Treaty’s like this are nothing more than pandering to the people who think it will keep them safe.
Those are the very same useful idiots who are doing the anti Israel protests around the world right now.

]]> By: Cloudy https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460040 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:49:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460040 The usual deal with Russian weapons is this. They have some good stuff. Some of it is as good as anything the west can come up with. The have a lot of stuff, much more than the west has. The problem is, the good stuff isn’r common. The common stuff isn’t good. Put another way, its like having a thousand baseball bats and one machine gun. That not going to help you much against.an opponent with a hundred machine guns. This has been Russia’s issue with military technology from the start of the Cold War until now. Its much.more complicated then that, but that’s it in a nutshell.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460027 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 03:23:04 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460027 In reply to Steven Carleton.

Steve Carleton: If you think the Western leaders today are even close in their goals to the leaders in 1990, you are naive beyond belief. Consider just one example: A Belgium mayor about a week ago attempted to use police force to shut down a conservative political conference, because he didn’t like their opinions. Such an action was considered unthinkable prior to 2000. Nor is it becoming par for the course.

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460020 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 02:56:35 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460020 Follow the money.

Most war is about control of available resources.

Threat of war is an instrument for persuading others to share the wealth.

Nukes in space will be a thing because the denial of wealth encourages the sharing of wealth.

]]> By: Steven Carleton https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1460004 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 00:55:02 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1460004 “Both want war, mindlessly, to line the pockets of their big money donors.” C’mon Bob, that’s really cynical. We both are old enough to remember the rejoicing at the end of the first cold war in 1990. Yes, I’m sure Putin is fine with low intensity conflicts all around the world, but to suggest that this a goal of G7 nations is silly.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1459967 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 21:37:12 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1459967 In reply to mkent.

mkent: Your analysis of Russia’s motives is excellent, but I think you miss my point, which is that the actions of the U.S. government are as untrustworthy as Russia’s. Neither is to be trusted in the slightest. Both want war, mindlessly, to line the pockets of their big money donors.

]]> By: mkent https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/russia-vetos-un-resolution-put-forth-by-u-s-to-ban-nuclear-weapons-in-space/#comment-1459937 Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:52:54 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=104618#comment-1459937 The bigger picture is this: Russia’s military is completely outclassed by the West’s. It is already two generations behind in its weaponry, and it will be three generations behind within ten years. Its nuclear and other doomsday weapons are all they have left to hold back the West.

For this reason they are absolutely terrified that the United States will deploy a 1983 Strategic Defense Initiative-style weapon system in space. If Russia’s ICBMs and SLBMs are neutralized, they would not be able to stop the West from rolling back Russia’s military conquests.

So Russia is trying to prevent that with a two-pronged approach: 1) A diplomatic initiative to prevent development and deployment of such a system in the first place, and 2) Deployment of a nuclear doomsday device in orbit that could take out an entire hemisphere’s worth of satellites at once.

It may seem like a game, but the stakes are Russia’s military conquests in Europe.

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