I agree that mine was pure speculation. The Ukrainians haven't taken the opportunity to deny it was them, which I imagine they would do. I was thinking of a way it might be plausible, at least to myself.Tweet
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No chance of nuclear. He does that and even China take their hands off Russia. He is one miss fired rocket away from NATO making a move and ending the Russian military. He might be insane but his generals are not.I'm afraid Putin will escalate this war destroying one of his cities with some kind of chemical weapon accusing Ukraine and giving him the green flag to use a nuclear weapon.
They will fight until Russia is back behind pre - 24/2 lines, simple as that. Progress is clearly being made toward that goal every day now.Whilst leaders on both sides are prepared to accept the casualties, whilst arms manufactures can use the conflict as a testing ground for even more destructive highly techno-led armaments, whilst the financial costs inside and outside the conflict area can still be managed, then this war is going nowhere, except perhaps to escalate and only one side can do that ...otherwise they will fight themselves to a standstill.
At that point the 'world order', at least in and around Eastern Europe, will have already changed, maybe forever, the certainties associated with boundaries drawn on a map, no longer exist.
China will smoke Russia then the US will finish them off. Do people really think China will sit idly by with Putin waving nukes around?I'm afraid Putin will escalate this war destroying one of his cities with some kind of chemical weapon accusing Ukraine and giving him the green flag to use a nuclear weapon.
China is having the greatest time of their life, US in decline but still the powerful military in the world, Russia already declined decades ago with a very weak and unorganized army - China wants Russia territory they lost in the 1800's. If Russia uses nuclear weapons nothing is going to happen besides turning Russia in another North Korea, they have enough nuclear weapons (if they still in working condition) to wipe Europe, US and China besides turning Russia in a wasteland when UK, France and US nuke them.China will smoke Russia then the US will finish them off
Nobody wants a nuclear war but never forget the Russians don't give 2 shits about their own people, they never did. A nuclear war and will be the end, civilization will be like a clock when reaches 12 everything starts over again and in a few centuries we will be in the middle ages again.No chance of nuclear. He does that and even China take their hands off Russia. He is one miss fired rocket away from NATO making a move and ending the Russian military. He might be insane but his generals are not.
Then my 2 decades of kenjutsu will finally have a real World application.Nobody wants a nuclear war but never forget the Russians don't give 2 shits about their own people, they never did. A nuclear war and will be the end, civilization will be like a clock when reaches 12 everything starts over again and in a few centuries we will be in the middle ages again.
They do give a shit about themselves though and it’s over if they pull that trigger. There will be no nuclear escalation, absolutely zero chance of that. Even Russia themselves have started to distance themselves from that possibility, and they have nothing to gain from that as that is the only card they have over the West.Nobody wants a nuclear war but never forget the Russians don't give 2 shits about their own people, they never did. A nuclear war and will be the end, civilization will be like a clock when reaches 12 everything starts over again and in a few centuries we will be in the middle ages again.
Obviously a single attack on an oil depot doesn't meet either of those conditions to a rational mind, but I can imagine a propaganda campaign that could use that as an excuse for a tactical nuclear strike by this regime.“We have a special document on nuclear deterrence. This document clearly indicates the grounds on which the Russian Federation is entitled to use nuclear weapons. There are a few of them, let me remind them to you: number one is the situation, when Russia is struck by a nuclear missile. The second case is any use of other nuclear weapons against Russia or its allies.
“The third is an attack on a critical infrastructure that will have paralysed our nuclear deterrent forces. And the fourth case is when an act of aggression is committed against Russia and its allies, which jeopardised the existence of the country itself, even without the use of nuclear weapons, that is, with the use of conventional weapons.”
Following a full-scale nuclear exchange it won't be a few centuries until we reach the middle ages again ... because there won't be any humans left alive anywhere on the planet to re-start things.Nobody wants a nuclear war but never forget the Russians don't give 2 shits about their own people, they never did. A nuclear war and will be the end, civilization will be like a clock when reaches 12 everything starts over again and in a few centuries we will be in the middle ages again.
nah nukes wont kill all sentient life permanently. only thing that would do that would be something like a black hole sucking in earth or once the sun goes supernova.Following a full-scale nuclear exchange it won't be a few centuries until we reach in the middle ages again ... because there won't be any humans left alive anywhere on the planet to re-start things.
All sentient life on earth will be gone, permanently.
The problem with this is that it assumes that the Russian military commanders in charge of the launch sequences are not ultra-nationalists who might well be brainwashed into thinking that either a nuclear war is winnable or that the "decadent and weak pansies" in the West won't dare retaliate with their nukes.Then my 2 decades of kenjutsu will finally have a real World application.
Serious now, as far as I know nukes are not literally strike by a button; there are military people that have to accept the orders and those people have families, children even in Europe or the US; they will not just end the World because the mad man says so. I know that putin and his gang might not care at all for the Russian people, but the military man do.
Touch your radiator and find outHave the cnuts turned off the gas yet?
I'm afraid you're wrong. It's not just the immediate effects of blast and heat, followed by radiation. Then comes the death of all crops and all other plants due to both radiation and a "nuclear winter" blotting out the sun. No plants > no animals. No plants and no animals > no food.nah nukes wont kill all sentient life permanently. only thing that would do that would be something like a black hole sucking in earth or once the sun goes supernova.
once again you are wrong. Do you not realize what "sentient" mean? nukes wont kill all animal and plant life on earth(as plants can feel and perceive things so could be considered sentient). There have been mass extinctions before, and im sure a full nuclear war will def result in that (although to be fair with regards to mass extinctions humans are pretty much already causing that on their own as is). Even during the mass extinctions that caused the dinosaurs to die life still recovered, and it would be the same here. Some light will still be able to come thru, and certain species will eeke their way thru. But this is definitely derailing this thread so not quite the place for a scientific breakdownI'm afraid you're wrong. It's not just the immediate effects of blast and heat, followed by radiation. Then comes the death of all crops and all other plants due to both radiation and a "nuclear winter" blotting out the sun. No plants > no animals. No plants and no animals > no food.
A few people may survive for some months deep in nuclear bunkers with stored food and water, but those stores will run out eventually, with no means of replacing them.
You don't even need to go that far, even in a full scale nuclear war millions of humans will survive. It doesn't mean desolate wasteland everywhere.once again you are wrong. Do you not realize what "sentient" mean? nukes wont kill all animal and plant life on earth(as plants can feel and perceive things so could be considered sentient). There have been mass extinctions before, and im sure a full nuclear war will def result in that (although to be fair with regards to mass extinctions humans are pretty much already causing that on their own as is). Even during the mass extinctions that caused the dinosaurs to die life still recovered, and it would be the same here. Some light will still be able to come thru, and certain species will eeke their way thru. But this is definitely derailing this thread so not quite the place for a scientific breakdown
Exactly. I fail to understand how there is so much fuss about this considering all other stuff that is going on.frankly i dont give a shit if it was ukraine or not. Russia has literally invaded them and are bombing the feck out of them. If ukraine did strike this oil depot or whatever it is much more a military target than most of what russia has been hitting.
If I learned anything from the documentary Mad Max it is that humans will survive. So will cars apparently.You don't even need to go that far, even in a full scale nuclear war millions of humans will survive. It doesn't mean desolate wasteland everywhere.
I know and we all have that fear. I hope more then anything but also think from a rational point of view that they care about their families and for that reason they will make smart choices. NATO is a huge entity protected by enourmous systems of missile defense systems from all over the Globe. Even if a Nuke war was to happen Russia would explode long before the NATO capabilities would be ended. So even if they were brain washed nationalists, they would know that NATO has a much higher chance of surviving then Russia; self preservation would say not to do stupid things.The problem with this is that it assumes that the Russian military commanders in charge of the launch sequences are not ultra-nationalists who might well be brainwashed into thinking that either a nuclear war is winnable or that the "decadent and weak pansies" in the West won't dare retaliate with their nukes.
Nice one.If I learned anything from the documentary Mad Max it is that humans will survive. So will cars apparently.
MadMax 1 I dont it was actually a postapoc flick originally was it?If I learned anything from the documentary Mad Max it is that humans will survive. So will cars apparently.
A) How dare you let facts intrude on my joke. This IS THE CE FORM!MadMax 1 I dont it was actually a postapoc flick originally was it?
A) How dare you let facts intrude on my joke. This IS THE CE FORM!
B) I don't have a point B, but my English teach taught me you must have multiple points at each level of an outline.
Even beasts like the b 52 have been flying as low as 80 feet.
Can someone who understands accounting and finance better than me explain this whole “paying in rubles” malarkey and its significance?
I understand having to buy rubles on the market to pay say Gasprom for gas, will bolster demand for the ruble and therefore its dollar exchange rate. But if Gazprom has an account in Euros or Dollars and you pay them in those currencies instead, they can still use those foreign currency reserves to buy ruble on the market which will have the same effect. Whether it’s the German govt buying Rubles or Gazprom… it makes no difference surely?
All you have to do is force your own Russian state companies to hold minimal reserves in foreign currency and convert everything else to rubles. What am I missing?
EDIT: I understand that if you have to pay in another currency your payment size might depend on exchange rates and thus you might want to buy swaps contracts from financial institutions to minimise your exposure to risk from adverse currency fluctuations. But still…
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The rehearsal was shown.wasn't this already shown to be fake or was that a different video?
Don't think so. It was speculated that it could have been fake but the Ukrainians said they would investigate. Intercept states Ukrainian journalist has confirmed three dead bodies identified as Russian soldiers in the same location.wasn't this already shown to be fake or was that a different video?
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