What do people of Israel think of the accusation of Russian’s Ministry of Defense of downing their military aircraft?
Since it was Syria who shot it down, and Syria admits it shot it down, it is a meaningless accusation. One of those inconvenient truths that Russia doesn’t want to admit how it’s own proxy shot down it’s plane with the weapons given to them by Russia. That might anger Russian citizens. Much easier to blame the Jews like in days of old.
Will the U.S. fear Russia once the Satan 2 nuclear missile is fully developed?
A couple of years ago there was an odd cloud over Los Angeles that looked a little like a rocket contrail. The picture of it went viral and a friend of my insisted it was the Chinese “sending us a message” via a submarine dummy launch that they could annihilate us with their nukes.I pointed out that the Chinese have had a full fleet of ICBMs since the 70s, that they could wipe us out if just a handful of them got past whatever defenses we might have, and that they therefore had no need to warn us about their nuclear weapons.He found that undramatic and we haven’t talked about Chinese-American relations since.The Russians have had the necessary nuclear weaponry to destroy human civilization since the 1960s. In fact, they have ten to twenty times as many missiles as they need to wipe out human civilization.This is an important difference between new nuclear weapon technology and new weapon technology of any other kind. The details are just details. Once you’ve got the firepower to irradiate half the world’s land surface and kill off five billion people, a fancy new missile is only of interest to the missile people on the other side. The Satan 2 isn’t making the world any safer, and it isn’t changing the strategic balance to any notable extent.
Why did Russia invade Georgia to begin with ????
Russia was already there as peacekeepers, so technically there was no invasion. They were attacked by the Georgians who were attempting to re-assert their control of their little province. South Assetia is like Russia's little "Kosovo". As you may recall, Kosovo broke away from Serbia and we (the west) supported them. Now the shoe's on the other foot, S. Assetia is wanting to break away from Georgia and the Russians are supporting them. Russia is also pissed that Georgia is attempting to join their old nemesis NATO. That would make them feel more isolated.
With the recent arrival close to our shores of the Russian Bear bombers, what kind of communication do people suppose that our interceptor fighters had with these bombers? I understand they were still technically in international air space. Is it so?
If you recall how China set up its own Air defense zone over the East China Sea and the US military responded by essentially saying “f*** your air defense zone” and flew B-52 bombers into it saying it's in international waters.This is practically the same thing.Russia is saying “If you can do it to China, why can't we do it to you since you also violate international law with your air defense zone in international waters”So, it's them saying “f*** you too and your bias”And unlike what others have mentioned, the US Air Force has a significant number of translators who can communicate with foreign planes so it's likely that they did give them a warning (much like the Chinese did with the B-52’s) but, again, just like with the Chinese situation, the bombers ignored and stated its international waters and we don't respect your air defense zone (well, not really saying the later part, but more implying it).U.S. Sends Two B-52 Bombers Into Air Zone Claimed by ChinaThis was the pentagon reply and what the Russian defense ministry is saying back to the pentagon:A senior Pentagon official said that the mission overnight Monday from Guam “was a demonstration of long-established international rights to freedom of navigation and transit through international airspace.”And this is the Russian defense ministry reply to this situation:According to the Defense Ministry, the planes were engaged in a patrol mission over international airspace in the Pacific, returning to their base in the Amur Region after flying about 5,000 km at speeds up to 850 km per hour and altitudes up to 10,000 meters.“All flights of the Aerospace Force were carried out and are carried out in strict accordance with the international rules of using the air space over the neutral waters without violation of borders of other states,” the statement added.Russian Defense Ministry Confirms US Interception of Russian Bombers Near AlaskaIt’s all politics!