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RE: Russia and Ukraine
Yesterday at 7:42 pm
(Yesterday at 7:39 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote: Bel:
- You cannot tell foreign countries to demilitarize (you cannot). But you can demilitarize yourself if you want. That would solve many issues in deed 
GrandNudger:
- And this is deplorable. If we suppose he decides to carry on for another 5 years, what’s in it for him?
Bel2:
- Yes. No one can do anything if the Kremlin doesn’t agree. But if I was Putin, I would take this deal. Trump will not punish Russia for this war. But after 2028 (when Trump is gone) there may be much more severe terms to which Russia will simply have to agree.
Oh, I dunno. I can think of several things that can be done whether Russia agrees or not.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
5 hours ago
(Yesterday at 7:39 pm)Leonardo17 Wrote:
GrandNudger:
- And this is deplorable. If we suppose he decides to carry on for another 5 years, what’s in it for him?
Not falling out of a window.
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RE: Russia and Ukraine
30 minutes ago
Russia’s Next-Gen Oreshnik IRBM Relies on Cold War Tech, CNN Investigation Finds
Russian ballistic missile components retrieved from a 2024 strike in Dnipro show that the weapon, known as “Oreshnik” (or “Kedr”), relies on outdated technology, including Soviet-era vacuum tubes and mechanical gyroscopes.
In the CNN report, Ukrainian weapons specialists walk journalists through the missile debris, describing its internal architecture. “Yuri Gagarin flew with the same type of gyroscope,” one expert remarked, referring to the navigation system found inside the missile wreckage.
According to the analysts, while Russia has promoted the weapon as a breakthrough, the design and components suggest legacy technology repurposed from older programs.
The missile uses an inertial navigation system guided by an analog gyroscope. Control boards recovered from the debris show the presence of glass-encased electron tubes—likely krytrons or high-frequency resonators—suggesting the missile architecture is not fully digital.
Ukrainian forensic experts suggest the system incorporates legacy hardware and suffers from performance limitations in real-world deployments.
https://united24media.com/latest-news/ru...inds-14910
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