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Originally Posted by S-2
Bear (pardon the pun ) in mind that Firral is a captain of Russian naval infantry. He possesses a very natural pride in his nation and undoubtedly regrets it's demise since 1991. As such, he is heartened to see his nation begin emerging from it's morass.
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To be pleased to revival, there is no necessity to be the captain of naval infantry, it is enough to be Russian.
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MAD, Feanor. Key word is "assured". Ten missiles are indicated for the current projected shield. Hardly enough to stop a Russian first or retaliatory strike. MAD thus remains unaffected and fully applicable.
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At present. But who will forbid to you to put there hundred rockets in the future?
If to recollect as the USA masterly broke own promises in 90th years (for example about expansion of NATO), we cannot be assured of it that it will not occur in the future. In fact the base will be already constructed.
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Clearly, then, Putin has grasped onto this as a strawman to inflate the ire of the average Russian citizen against the west, namely America, for his domestic political benefit.
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I do not think that the board causes "ire" Ire have caused bombardments of Serbia, an attack to Iraq (under a mythical pretext), and also that lie that you show in the mass-media. As one of my Russian the Internet - interlocutors has told: the best propagation of a party of Putin, before elections in a thought, translation of the western press about Russia is. For example reading
IT (especially the first comments), I understand that in America absolutely know nothing about Russia. Besides you concern to Russia extremely aggressively.
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OTOH, knowledge derived from the operation of this system may eventually lead to something larger protecting N. America. Were that so, MAD could become skewed out of relevance. Russia could then 1.) build it's own system at a great cost and without the benefit of research and operational procedures derived from the Euro-shield, of which it was invited to participate, 2.) launch pre-emptively rather than absorb a U.S. first-strike before launching into a proven defense system with it's remaining nuclear force or, 3.) rely upon it's SLBMs to conduct second-strike/retaliatory strikes.
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One of conditions which have put forward the USA in the offer on a board, were previous conclusions of the Russian peace-making armies from Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia) and Moldova. Probably you understand, that such conditions are unacceptable.
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Reading Putin and Firral leads me to believe that Russia thinks it's best interests depend upon a re-newed arms race and global proxy-based competition.
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There is no race of arms, our economy now is not capable of it. There is systematic a replacement of systems of arms and their development.