Den av skribenten länkade artikeln berör just hypersoniska vapen, varför jag ansåg det vara lämpligt att nämna Rysslands behandling av relevanta forskare.dr Cassandra Nojdh skrev: ↑onsdag 17 maj 2023 12:12 Mycket rykten här. Artikeln i The WarZone (som Enceladus-kollektivet förefaller att inte ens ha läst) handlar väl mest om att förbättra befintliga vapensystem. Ryssland behöver f.ö. inte kärnvapenkapprusta, man har redan nu mer än tillräcklig kapacitet, även om Enceladus-kollektivet försökt vifta bort den med floskler som "svart magi".Men vem vet, The WarZone kanske är "rysk propaganda", den också.The WarZone skrev:Together with corresponding developments in hypersonic weapons, including those that are delivered by other ICBMs, Russia certainly appears to be making concerted efforts to bolster its nuclear deterrence posture.
This is before taking into account the sobering reality that the current U.S. ballistic missile defense shield by itself is not enough to protect against an all-out Russian nuclear strike. Even the current Russian arsenal is more than capable of overwhelming the ballistic missile defenses of any other nation.
"Ryssland kan möjligen hjälpa någon av parterna - troligen den som betalar bäst" är ju bara struntprat.
Russia tries to conceal its dwindling nuclear stockpile
För övrigt finns det många frågetecken kring Rysslands kapacitet.The Kyiv Independent skrev:Older delivery systems and warheads produced decades ago are naturally running out of their operational lifetime. And today's production of new missiles, strategic bombers, or nuclear-carrying submarine systems is not strong enough to compensate for the reduction.
According to experts, the decommissioning of Russian nuclear weapons started and will continue until at least the 2030s. But admitting this decline is impossible for the Kremlin, which puts nuclear weapons at the center of its intimidation efforts and war propaganda, both domestic and international.
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Presented with the Kremlin's traditionally excessive pomposity, the Sarmat missiles had only two test launches, the latest ending in failure in late February 2023 around the time President Joe Biden was in Kyiv, according to the Pentagon.
Russia denounces Macron for saying Moscow is becoming a Chinese 'vassal'
Däremot kan Ryssland förstås bidra till Kinas upprustning. Ja, även Arktis börjar bli en del av Kinas intressesfär (se Bloombergs tidigare artikel):NBC News skrev:Russian officials on Monday denounced comments by French President Emmanuel Macron that Moscow was becoming subservient to China, saying Western countries must get used to a world underpinned by the Kremlin’s close ties with Beijing.
Bloomberg skrev:Changes in Russia’s latest Arctic strategy, as outlined in a foreign policy document signed by Putin on March 31, remove references to “constructive international cooperation.” The policy document pledges to push back against unfriendly states hoping to militarize the region and to establish closer cooperative ties with non-Arctic states “pursuing a constructive policy towards Russia,” a possible reference to China, which also has aspirations in the polar region.