Clandestine’s Newsletter : Putin’s Address: Approaching the Precipice. An excellent breakdown of what Putin REALLY said.
(bioclandestine.substack.com)
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Interesting how everyone seems to be assuming Putin is talking only about nuclear weapons. There is material out there on the Internet for those who are inclined to search that talks credibly about weapons the russians have been developing for decades which make nuclear weapons obsolete. While tactical nuclear devices might still play a role on the next generation battlefield I don't think WW3 will be a nuclear war. However, that doesn't mean the devastation will be any less complete. Perhaps that's what this world needs at this stage as the most effective cleansing. When humanity will be faced with hopelessness - at the precipice, that is - perhaps it will find the will to change.
Russia need only snip the ocean cable hard lines and modern society ends. They have subs just for this...
Error 404 is the biggest weapon they got
Absolutely this, in war you cut the supply lines to weaken or stop the enemy in there tracks. My guess is this is going to happen at some point.
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this further - the US and Russia each posses (by all accounts) nuclear weapons capable of erasing all human life on this Earth, multiple times over.
What exactly do that purportedly they have that is worse than that?
There were the rumors of a Russian weapon that could destroy an entire country (or was it continent?)
It's a scary thought. Nuclear weapons have limitations, as in a blast radius and a threat of retaliation. It's feasible for nuclear weapons to erase all life, but not safely for the ones who use them.
Imagine coming toe to toe with a country that could feasibly fire tens, or hundreds of payloads that each could wipe out a country if one hits.
It'd be like playing missile command late stages on 60x speed with an automatic fail condition if even one gets through.
There is of course no proof that any of this was any more than just posturing...but also who knows.
You know that it would only take approximately 30 hydrogen bombs to kill everyone in the US and Russia has over 4,000, right? Is that what you are thinking of?
I saved this a while ago (pdf download). I thought I saved other links too, but can't find them right now. With some digging you'll find material out there on the advancement of russian research into electromagnetic theories and weapons.
All of those have to hit. Also, bombs require aircraft to get into our airspace, which is not very easy. Missiles don't require any loss of life, and if the payload of this magnitude exists only a SINGLE ONE would need to succeed in order to wipe out the country.
It's a big difference between a bomb and missile, first of all, and it's even further of a difference between a designed payload (Tsar Bomba 100Mt) and the tested payload (50t).
Also, it would take many more than 30 Mt Tsar Bombas to kill everyone in the United States. Even the max designed of 100Mt.
The 256 lives you get in Missile Command once you hit 800,000 pts always helps.
That’s not real life, though…
I've studied the subject of nuclear combat for professional purposes (strategic defense engineering). A nuclear war would be very unpleasant, but there is no possibility of it "erasing all human life on this Earth" even once. After a certain point, you run out of targets.
Anon, don't just drop this MOAB without even a hint as to what they are. I'm not even demanding a sauce, but ya gotta say what could make nukes obsolete, come on be a sport
They have directed energy weapons as we do, but they have been researching and developing them since the 1940's.
All they have to do is stimulate the San Andreas Fault and the New Madrid Fault and its all over.
Is that a Doomsday Machine?
LOL, true that. I would expect though that they'll keep the best of their weaponry secret and use it only against existential threats. They can use their nuclear capabilities as a deterring or negotiating tool.
Who would have batted an eye if an American leader had said:
"I would like to remind those who make such statements regarding America that our country has different types of weapons as well, and most of them are more modern than the weapons other countries have. In the event of a threat to the territorial integrity of our country and to defend America and our people, we will certainly make use of all weapon systems available to us. "
This is just perfectly normal, standard saber-rattling statesmanship from Putin, and absolutely nothing to get the panties twisted over.