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@Etienne_Marcuz It's medium-range, MRBM.

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@derdino @russianforces Russian term "скрытно" means "stealthily", which does not of course mean that it was undetected

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@MatejRisko I wouldn't be surprised if Levada is getting war approval rates close to 99% and publish "more reasonable" data just to save face.

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@MatejRisko Yes, that's what I'm talking about. I am really surprised "do not support" share is that big since people are getting jailed to 7+ years for just telling the truth about the war.

[Pilot @8k84]

@atrupar “midrange ICBM” - that’s a new one… Why would Treasury Secretary speak on this at all?

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@AmichaiStein1 “launched an ICBM to 4,000 km distance” would make sense, “an ICBM with a range of 4,000 km” doesn’t

[Pilot @8k84]

@Etienne_Marcuz And of course the INF treaty was legally binding - unlike the Iran’s self-imposed limit that was not part of any agreement.

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@Etienne_Marcuz @RocketSchiller 2nd stage is the KV.

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@ArmsControlWonk the Czech one is alright, although I’m not sure it comes in sixpacks

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@jesssandoval @HoansSolo I refuse to believe that a former CISAC can seriously write such ignorant nonsense.

[Pilot @8k84]

@RealAirPower1 @benreuter_IMINT 1) ballistic missiles are not classified by speed since all of them with ranges roughly over 400 km are hypersonic;
2) the range between medium and intercontinental is called “intermediate” in the US strategic security tradition, everyone else call 1000-5500 km “medium” range.

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@konstructivizm @benreuter_IMINT The image actually shows how small and flimsy it was.

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@Mylovanov “People said missile defense won't work, you can't hit a bullet with a bullet” - this is a false statement. The problem is not that you can’t, it’s that you can’t do that with efficiency required to protect against a nuclear attack.

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@HannaNotte That’s regular BS for internal consumption.

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@ColbyBadhwar 1) expenditures are likely significantly higher and not over yet;
2) are you leaving out Israel‘s expenditures and production?

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@SubutaiB @dex_eve They likely had more than 3,000 before TP-3, and more than 2,000 before TP-4

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@clanonn @benreuter_IMINT David’ Sling is used by Israel instead of Patriot.

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@benreuter_IMINT Israel had 2 Thaad batteries last Summer. Did something happen to one of them?

[Pilot @8k84]

@JHL_Express nothing simple about it