Putin striving to earn Super villain boyscout badge

[CaptainCrunch]

Cause you can't be a super villain without having a world ending super weapon.

the Russians roll out the Satan 2 missile for testing, well the Americans call it the Satan 2, the Russians have named it the RS-28 Sarmat.

A stealth missile that carries up to 12 mirvs and can destroy a country like France or a state the size of texas in one blow and featuring a 10,000 km range and speeds that far surpass any other ICBM currently in service (mach 20).

Its undetectable, fast, long range and highly destructive and expecting to be available for service in 2 years.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/...troying-France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat

The Russians have spent a ton on military equipment, in terms of submarine technology its thought that they've surpassed America with the Borei class Ballistic Missile Sub and the Yasen Class multirole attack sub. In terms of Russian Aircraft the Russians are pushing forward with a 5th generation PAK-50 and in terms of tanks the Russian T-14 could be a equivalent threat to American armor.

How soon until Putin is demanding 1 kagillion gazillion billion dollars?

[Locke]

Yes, yes, thats all well and good but where is his Volcano Fortress?

[Fuzz]

Are they breaking any treaties with this stuff? Can we sanction them to Iran status? We could use the boost in oil prices....

[Ozy_Flame]

I'd love to say that Russia's expenditures on military fixtures and weapons would make them bankrupt, but it won't. They also are a fraction of military spending compared to the U.S.

They get more bang for their buck. Pun intended.

[CaptainCrunch]

I doubt that there are too many more sanctions that can be placed on Russia, they've all been spent on the Ukraine situation.

I don't think that there is any rules against size of warheads, or against the speed of the missile or even whether its stealth or not, most of the agreements are based around sheer warhead counts.

The Russians if this thing is all its meant to be could actually reduce their missile and warhead count.

why build 1000 somewhat accurate missiles with smaller yields, when you can build 500 country busters.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

I'd love to say that Russia's expenditures on military fixtures and weapons would make them bankrupt, but it won't. They also are a fraction of military spending compared to the U.S.

They get more bang for their buck. Pun intended.

Everything that they're building has an export model.

Russia is also working to get a lot closer to China in terms of resource and weapons exchanges.

[FlamesAddiction]

How do you say "hoorah" in Russian?

[undercoverbrother]

Putin is a dickhead.

[habernac]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Putin is a dickhead.

But...but.... he wants to help!

[peter12]

Originally Posted by flamesaddiction

how do you say "hoorah" in russian?

uuuurraaaaaah

[FlamesAddiction]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

I don't think that there is any rules against size of warheads, or against the speed of the missile or even whether its stealth or not, most of the agreements are based around sheer warhead counts.

Actually using a weapon like this has war crimes written all over it. It is hard to imagine that they could achieve a low enough level of civilian collateral damage to argue that they took steps to avoid non-military targets.

Something like this would have been acceptable before WW2, but nowadays the world expects more. A weapon like this is a "deterrent" type of weapon like a nuke and not something that would be used in convention combat.

I'm not sure what the history is with Russia and proliferation though.

[Bill Bumface]

I like how the defacto measurement of tromping all over something in war times is France.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

I like how the defacto measurement of tromping all over something in war times is France.

You would have thought the bar would be set a little higher.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

Actually using a weapon like this has war crimes written all over it. It is hard to imagine that they could achieve a low enough level of civilian collateral damage to argue that they took steps to avoid non-military targets.

Something like this would have been acceptable before WW2, but nowadays the world expects more. A weapon like this is a "deterrent" type of weapon like a nuke and not something that would be used in convention combat.

I'm not sure what the history is with Russia and proliferation though.

If something like this is used, the term war crime, or international criminal court is irrelevant.

It is a pure civilian city busting weapons, its not built as a threatre weapon or battlefield weapon.

I would argue that beyond deterrence this thing is designed as a first strike weapon.

[Badgers Nose]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Cause you can't be a super villain without having a world ending super weapon.

the Russians roll out the Satan 2 missile for testing, well the Americans call it the Satan 2, the Russians have named it the RS-28 Sarmat.

A stealth missile that carries up to 12 mirvs and can destroy a country like France or a state the size of texas in one blow and featuring a 10,000 km range and speeds that far surpass any other ICBM currently in service (mach 20).

Its undetectable, fast, long range and highly destructive and expecting to be available for service in 2 years.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/...troying-France

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat

The Russians have spent a ton on military equipment, in terms of submarine technology its thought that they've surpassed America with the Borei class Ballistic Missile Sub and the Yasen Class multirole attack sub. In terms of Russian Aircraft the Russians are pushing forward with a 5th generation PAK-50 and in terms of tanks the Russian T-14 could be a equivalent threat to American armor.

How soon until Putin is demanding 1 kagillion gazillion billion dollars?

I call BS.

Donald Trump says he has all the best missiles, jets, tanks and submarines.

[The Yen Man]

Sounds impressive, I guess. It's still no dolphins with laser beams.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by The Yen Man

Sounds impressive, I guess. It's still no dolphins with laser beams though.

Dolphins, what are you a peace loving hippie?

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Badgers Nose

I call BS.

Donald Trump says he has all the best missiles, jets, tanks and submarines.

Well if Trump wins every new American weapons system will incorporate his name in its name.

And they'll roll out the USS Donald Trump the classiest super carrier in the fleet.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

and speeds that far surpass any other ICBM currently in service (mach 20).

Mach 20?? Is that a typo?

[flylock shox]

Probably announcing it now to bolster Trump's position as the GOP nominee and to get their hawks rallying around him.