War with Russia

[Liokault]

Reports on Radio 4 this morning of Russia restarting its anti-satellite program. Apparently were tracking unusual Russian satellite movement patterns.

Sorry, can't find a link

[DMN]

Good. Let Russia keeping adding to its own bill. More expensive flights, more expensive satellites.

[AreOut]

if Russia restarts its cold war agenda then US will have to follow to keep balance otherwise they will be caught pants down eventually

[skyrover]

Russia can not afford to start another cold war

[Mr Whippy]

skyrover said:

Russia can not afford to start another cold war

Neither side could before, but it didn't stop them taking loans out against themselves...

[superkartracer]

Mr Whippy said:

skyrover said:

Russia can not afford to start another cold war

Neither side could before, but it didn't stop them taking loans out against themselves...

[MrCarPark]

This mysterious Russian satellite:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/18/russia_sec...

Must have been planned for quite a while...

[LasseV]

Damn. Sucks donkey ass to live next to russia at me moment. Well, i don't remember what was like to live in cold war time, so maybe i see it with my own eyes in the future Good old times, good old times.

NOT!

Edited by LasseV on Tuesday 18th November 14:03

[skyrover]

A note found on a Russian soldier in Donbas



it reads

russian soldier said:

They should’ve shot <me> in the very beginning instead… Kondratenko Dmitrij Viktorovich, 04/09/1975, Russia, Irkutsk, 246 Jaroslavskogo <str.>, <flat> 97. I’ve realized I was sent to be slaughtered like a bull. ‘Zarya’ b. (base?), Luhansk, arrived on 12/11/2014.

He was shot to death by Ukrainian soldiers while trying to approach their camp after crossing a minefield near Krymske village, Luhansk region.

[Transmitter Man]

If he was a conscript (cannon fodder) then I feel for him and his family.

If he was a soldier in the regular army...

Phil

[LasseV]

Transmitter Man said:

If he was a conscript (cannon fodder) then I feel for him and his family.

If he was a soldier in the regular army...

Phil

He is so old that he can't be a conscript.

[DMN]

Finland’s prime minister claims Russia has made two strategic errors which will only hurt it:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/finla...

[QuantumTokoloshi]

DMN said:

Finland’s prime minister claims Russia has made two strategic errors which will only hurt it:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/finla...

That is a good article, both in the insight into Russia but also the failings of NATO and especially the EU.

[EskimoArapaho]

How soon before Putin puts the squeeze on the strange yet cosy arrangement that supplies Russian rockets to the USA's Atlas programme?

http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report...

Seems that sanctions don't apply to Uncle Sam.

[XM5ER]

Interesting counter-balance to the MSM.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/...

[skyrover]

Meanwhile, in occupied Crimea, the populace gets a taste of Russian modern business practices.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-11-18/cr...

and an interesting Russian article that claims the UK is Russia's number one enemy.

http://nvo.ng.ru/concepts/2014-11-14/4_enemy.html

Edited by skyrover on Thursday 20th November 19:21

[DMN]

"neo-Bolshevik criminal dictatorship"

Nail on the head in that first story.

[Pupp]

And then in Poland

[hidetheelephants]

Pupp said:

And then in Poland

It used to be part and parcel of being in NATO, lots of heavy metal would churn up bits of Germany to hone their steely-eyed stares and ability to eat compo while avoiding being shouted at or turned into a trackpad. Nice to see our Challengers somewhere other than inside a big tin shed; I wonder how many sleepless nights the VMs had getting that lot ready for action, and how many hangar queens had bits robbed to make the others go?

[ATG]

XM5ER said:

Interesting counter-balance to the MSM.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/11/...

Counter-balance... In what sense does breitbart have anything to do with balance?