Le petit caporal
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A self-inflicted tragedy caused by greed and ambitions.
Now! That would be Very Nice.I see Mrs. Trump has put on a képi blanc... . Just kidding...
No, you don't have to buy American made weapons, look at France's latest multi role fighter jet, it is French designed and built.(...) For example... Every NATO member is mandatory to buy (take) American made weapons. Isn't it?
Design and fabrication by Dassault, the Rafale. Here in Nîmes (home of the 2 REI) we have an international airport. It was shared with the Aéronavale (Marine Aviation) and they were equipped with the Rafale M (Marine version of the Rafale fighter), 78 M€ per unit . They have now left Nîmes and have been replaced by a regiment of transport and material. An escadron of Canadair bombardiers CL 415 water bombers.
The high cost can be explained by the lone project and development assumed by Dassault.
Russia, as an army, cannot and never will match our technical and material skills. They (Poutine) thrives on bluff
Source : Banque mondiale
The population of Russia, 2016 was 144 million
Population of Pakistan, 2016 was 193 million
Population of Bangladesh, 2016 was 163 million
Population of the U.S.A., 2016 was 323 million
The estimated population of the European Union is 512 million
NATO countries population unfound
Why do you think Russia is threat to US?100% agree, Russia is no match for NATO and the US would beat them hands down. First we are not a conscript military and our tactics and equipment is far superior. Look, in all honesty, if it were not for Nukes, Russia would not be a threat, but they are.
General Patton had it right at the end of the war in Europe during WWII, we need to make a right turn and attack Russia now, latter we will regret it. We do!
There is no possible way to destroy enough Russian nukes in a first strike, Russians keep very few missiles in silos , their Topol and Topol-Ms are all in mobile launchers (excluding subs as well) and the Russian warheads carry heavier payloads compared to the American missiles. The MIRVS on a Topol means that 1 missile can hit 12 targets with a 350ktn warhead, and the Russians have over a 1000 nuke warheads, I'd call that a threat. Russian missiles have always been bigger and faster but their accuracy is not as great as the Tridents or Minuteman. However nuclear war is highly unlikey as the MAD doctrine still applies.Why do you think Russia is threat to US?
There is no possible way to destroy enough Russian nukes in a first strike, Russians keep very few missiles in silos , their Topol and Topol-Ms are all in mobile launchers (excluding subs as well) and the Russian warheads carry heavier payloads compared to the American missiles. The MIRVS on a Topol means that 1 missile can hit 12 targets with a 350ktn warhead, and the Russians have over a 1000 nuke warheads, I'd call that a threat. Russian missiles have always been bigger and faster but their accuracy is not as great as the Tridents or Minuteman. However nuclear war is highly unlikey as the MAD doctrine still applies.
Why do you think Russia is threat to US?
Do you think that anyone who can in anyway harm US is threat to it? Except if they are your ally. Then everything is allowed.
Believe me, you can't look at world in black and white manner as you do. Do you think that Saudi Arabia is your great ally and does not pose any threat for US homeland security? (do you know how much money they spend for lobbying in US?)
Maybe better example... Turkey. Do you think that they are still your big ally and that they are willing to do whatever Washington and Pentagon tell them to do?
I mean, man I'm not trying to attack you are your beloved homeland USA. I agree with you on many issues and topics, but this is not one of them. What really bothers me is your Hollywood-style view of the world where America is ultimate good and all others (if they are against it) are ultimate evil
You can dislike me because of this, but that is simply the truth and I'm not willing to go against it no matter what (OK maybe for some fat dollar account , but for free not for sure)
Maybe it's time for US to back down a little bit. They didn't do that in long long time. Russia drawn red line somewhere trough the Syria. I think it's best for all of us that USA I respect that. I don't think Ruskies are willing to back down. In other hand watching Iraq and Libya ... maybe is good idea to let someone else try something else.
So do you think US should send troops in Syria and directly confront Asad and Russians?FECK NOW, not a damned inch
Very subtle that Andy. The worse part is, his vieille (c'est le cas de la dire) was there. My Missus would have taken offense to it.Trump was, "Head & Shoulders", over Macron
Gotta agree with Dusa on this one, patriot missile batteries in Poland, and NATO training and exercises throughout Eastern Europe. Massive military buildups in Eastern former bloc and Warsaw pact countries changing over to western weapons as well as those countries joining NATO. Crimea has always been a hotspot and a contested region. Yeah I'm definitely agreeing with the fact that you cant just annex another countries territory, and the sanctions were completely justified.So do you think US should send troops in Syria and directly confront Asad and Russians?
NATO came on Russian borders. Ukraine was next target. Russians draw red line and we have what we do in Ukraine.
Watching from neutral position looks to me then US threatens Russia more than other way around.
War in Syria is about who will sell gas and oil to Europe. Russia or US backed Gulf countries. Big part of Russia GDP is from selling fuel to Europe and they can't afford to lose that for price of nuclear war (I think so)
Best option for all of us is if US backs down from Syria