World War III

[Pagan]

It's all because ruSSia is a evil empire and jail for nations.

[itsAj]

Russia May Still Have An Automated Nuclear Launch System Aimed Across The Northern Hemisphere



The Dead Hand was a computer system that could autonomously launch all of the USSR's nuclear weapons once it was activated, across the entirety of the Soviet Union.

Dead Hand was a weapon of last resort. It was created to ensure that even if the Soviet leadership was wiped out, a nuclear response could still be launched against the West and NATO in retaliation.

After Dead Hand was activated by Soviet military officials, "the first thing it does is check the communication lines to work out if there's anyone alive and in charge of the Soviet military," Alok Jha, author of The Doomsday Handbook, told National Geographic. "If they're not alive, it takes over."

If Dead Hand did not detect signs of a preserved military hierarchy, the system would perform a check for signals of a nuclear attack, such as a change in air pressure, extreme light, and radioactivity.

If the system concluded that a nuclear strike had taken place, Dead Hand would proceed to launch all of the remaining nuclear weapons from all of the silos throughout the Soviet Union at targets across the Northern Hemisphere.

http://www.businessinsider.com/russias-dead-hand-system-may-still-be-active-2014-9

Pretty awesome scary system. I bet America also have the same system like this. What if there is an error on the computer. Oops. Sorry Europe and Merica.

FIFY

This sounds a lot like a dead mans switch. This is also why it is important for us to have weapons systems that are capable of intercepting and destroying these missiles before then can reach the US (similar to how Israel intercepts rockets from gaza). We already have some weapons systems in place for this but it does not protect us from all attack vectors.

[Balthazar]

Oh, this "missile defense" again %)

similar to how Israel intercepts rockets from gaza

It's not similar at all. Iron Dome is proposed to intercept homemade Qassam missiles and sometimes it is also able to intercept "Grad" missiles. It's a different level of complexity, incomparable with the interception of ICBMs. It's like trying to compare two cans with a mobile phone.

This is also why it is important for us to have weapons systems that are capable of intercepting and destroying these missiles before then can reach the US. We already have some weapons systems in place for this but it does not protect us from all attack vectors.

There is only one issue, this so-called anti-missile shield simply won't work because at the current level of technology it's impossible to intercept even old soviet ICBM. Soviet missiles were made taking into account the possibility of such a system installation by suggested enemy, russian missiles have some additional technologies to make it even more difficult. Also there are quasi ballistic missiles in service... Which are even more difficult to intercept because their path is unpredictable even at start of trajectory.

It's all nothing more than scam, another attempt to steal some taxpayers money and get a place to deploy some middle-range missiles.

[Pagan]

Russia in the Kaliningrad region have held large-scale exercises

B Кaлинингpaдcкoй oблacти пpoвeли мacштaбныe yчeния пo выcaдкe дecaнтa
Ha пoлигoнe Xмeлeвкa пpoвeдeнo зaчeтнoe тaктичecкoe yчeниe гpyппиpoвки paзнopoдныx cил Бaлтийcкoгo флoтa.

http://lifenews.ru/news/140021

[Pagan]

Putin is ready to use nuclear weapons and his first goal will be to Warsaw

http://onpress.info/putin-gotov-primenit-yadernoe-oruzhie-i-ego-pervoj-celyu-budet-varshava-mirovye-smi0011854

[hdbuck]

[Pagan]

^ Then why do we (russians) always fight NOT on their land? Then why are we in Poland, Finland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, in Afghanistan, in Transnistria, Chechnya, Georgia, and now in the Ukraine called the occupiers?

russian ex - airborne's have a questions


http://politikum.in.ua/post/5sep2014/comments/510-mihail-vistickiy.html

[Pagan]

Russia to Conduct More Nuclear Drills

Russia’s nuclear forces will hold another large-scale exercise this month along the country’s border with China.

http://thediplomat.com/2014/09/russia-to-conduct-more-nuclear-drills/

[Paya]

Russia tests coastal defence system 'Bastion' in Crimea. Range 300 km, missile speed Mach 4.5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eezq7ZVIeVA

A part of symbolic responses to provocative manoeuvres of NATO warships in Black sea, also including one SU-24 buzzing around the Canadian frigate, and cruiser 'Moscow' which sailed off from her base in Sevastopol.

In other news:
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More than half of Chinese think their country could go to war with Japan in near future, a new poll revealed. A survey found that 53 percent of Chinese envisage a future conflict, while 29 percent of Japanese can see military confrontation. They are extremely suspicious of each other: in both countries, around 90% of polled people are saying that their impression of other side is "unfavourable".

[Pagan]

Russia tests nuclear missile, plans more launches: Navy

The mace can deliver an impact 100 times more intense that the 1945 atomic blast that devastated Hiroshima. Russia will conduct two more tests later this year, the Navy said.

 Russia carried out a successful test of its new Bulava intercontinental nuclear missile on Wednesday and will perform two more test launches in October and November, the head of its naval forces said.

The armed forces have boosted their military training and test drills since the start of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, which Russia considers in its traditional sphere of influence.

The 12-meter long Bulava, or mace, has undergone numerous tests, some successful, and can deliver an impact of up to 100 times the atomic blast that devastated Hiroshima in 1945.

Naval Commander-in-Chief Admiral Viktor Chirkov said the test launch had been carried out from the White Sea and that the test missile had hit its target in Russia's far east.

"In October and November of this year, the naval fleet will carry out two more launches with two rocket cruisers equipped with ballistic missiles," Interfax quoted Chirkov as saying.

A Bulava missile weighs 36.8 tons and can travel 8,000 km (5,000 miles) and hold 6-10 nuclear warheads.

http://www.nydailynews.com/russia-tests-nuclear-missile-navy-article-1.1934553

[Pagan]

In the Russian Eastern Military District began unannounced inspections

http://itar-tass.com/sibir-news/1433879

[Pagan]

Putin's offramp? At least 16 bomber incursions by Russia took place w/in US & Canadian air defense zones over 10 days

Russian Bombers Practice Cruise Missile Strikes on US During NATO Summit



    Two Russian strategic bombers conducted practice cruise missile attacks on the United States during a training mission last week that defense officials say appeared timed to the NATO summit in Wales.

    The Russian Tu-95 Bear bombers were tracked flying a route across the northern Atlantic near Iceland, Greenland, and Canada's northeast.

    Analysis of the flight indicated the aircraft were conducting practice runs to a pre-determined "launch box"—an optimum point for firing nuclear-armed cruise missiles at U.S. targets, said defense officials familiar with intelligence reports.

    Disclosure of the nuclear bombing practice comes as a Russian general last week called for Moscow to change its doctrine to include preemptive nuclear strikes on the United States and NATO.

    Gen. Yuri Yakubov, a senior Defense Ministry official, was quoted by the state-run Interfax news agency as saying that Russia's 2010 military doctrine should be revised to identify the United States and the NATO alliance as enemies, and clearly outline the conditions for a preemptive nuclear strike against them.

    Yakubov said among other needed doctrinal changes, "it is necessary to hash out the conditions under which Russia could carry out a preemptive strike with the Russian Strategic Rocket Forces"—Moscow's nuclear forces. . . .

    No U.S. or Canadian fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the Bear-H bombers since the aircraft stayed outside the North American Air Defense Identification Zone. . . .

    However, officials said it took place during the NATO summit in Wales that was held Thursday and Friday. . . .

    Northern Command has confirmed that Russian strategic bomber flights increased sharply over the past six months.

    Last month, at least 16 bomber incursions by the Russians took place within the northwestern U.S. and Canadian air defense zones over a period 10 days. It was the largest number of incursions since the end of the Cold War. U.S. fighter jets intercepted the Russian aircraft and followed them until they exited the defense zone.

    In June, Russian bombers flew over the arctic prompting intercepts by Canadian fighters on two occasions. The Canadian government called the stepped up bomber flights a "strategic message" from Moscow amid heightened tensions.

http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/natosource/russian-bombers-practice-cruise-missile-strikes-on-us-during-nato-summit

[Pagan]

Putin Orders Largest Snap Inspection Exercise of the Year

The combined-arms element of the snap inspection involved moving and testing the skills of five combined-arms brigades, while naval infantry and the elite Airborne Forces (VDV) rehearsed coastal assault and various tasks. The snap inspection involved 100,000 military personnel, hardware, aircraft, helicopters, naval vessels and transport aviation in the largest and perhaps most high-profile exercise of its kind this year.



http://www.jamestown.org/programs/edm/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=42834&tx_ttne#.VBlSH637sjg

[Balthazar]

[ajareselde]

Stop trying to make WW3 happen , its allready here , but its being fought economicaly, not with guns.
And the whole fuss about Russia and Ucraine is highly manipulated and overblown by USA.

[Pagan]

Stop trying to make WW3 happen , its allready here , but its being fought economicaly, not with guns.
And the whole fuss about Russia and Ucraine is highly manipulated and overblown by USA.

ruSSia occupy the Crimea and part of Ukraine, ruSSians killed thousands Ukrainian citizens, but it's manipulated by US - much logic

[Pagan]

Putin will have massively threatened Europe

Russian troops within two days in Warsaw, Riga, Vilnius and Bucharest: Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin is said to have the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that his army could reach Eastern European capitals quickly. This emerges from a conversation summary of the EU, the possession of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".



http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/berichte-des-ukrainischen-praesidenten-putin-soll-europa-massiv-gedroht-haben-1.2134168

[Pagan]

Russian jets violate Swedish airspace

http://www.thelocal.se/20140918/russian-jets-violate-swedish-airspace-report

^Kremlin trolls: please explain why your country's air force is buzzing non-NATO Sweden? I'm genuinely curious.

[iCrypt]

WW3 broke out and what will become of bitcoins? I think it will be a doomsday scenario for the bitcoins.

[hdbuck]

WW3 broke out and what will become of bitcoins? I think it will be a doomsday scenario for the bitcoins.

or it could turn into the resistance's medium of exchange and store of value.