@larryelder Give reparations to Slavic peoples! Russians suffered enough from West and East oppressors both! We demand justice, including for the introducing German-invented Marxism in our country!
I think, returning Eastern Europe into our sphere of influence would compensate enough)
@ScheierJason Rumors are, they weren't "hacked"; they made a really dumb mistake & accidentally send the whole movie to the completely random person
@zappaterrologo@IO_Leo_mmg@Schizointel Unclear, it seems that they were aimed somewhere else - presumably, to Israel - and it was initial trajectory calculations that led to suspect Cyprus as target.
@RickJoe_PLA Q-ship - no, it's not camouflaged (radars are perfectly visible and can't be hidden). It's what was called auxilary cruiser - civilian ship turned into warship. Albeit this one is likely auxilary frigate.
@RickJoe_PLA The radar, designated as Type 344 (gunfire control radar) is most likely Type 366 (over-the-horizon air detection & tracking radar, based on Soviet Mineral-ME model)
Someone hacked into my profile on X and hacked password about two hours ago. Just restored the account. I'm not responsible for whatever this hacker might done during this time!
@royngerng Do you know that USSR never was a part of Cairo Declaration, and was granted control over southern Sakhalin and Kurils on Yalta conference - as such territories were deemed part of Japanese imperial conquests?
@royngerng Okay, you are either incompetent or stupid. 1) USSR wasn't a participant of Cairo treaty of 1943; it included only Britain, USA and Republic of China;
2) Yalta conference agreed that USSR should return Southern Sakhalin and Kurils from Japan
@TodsNotDead@Pataramesh It's mainly a way to diversify the ensured retaliation arsenal - so it would be harder to protect agains. You see, fear of American decapitation/disarming first strike (with ballistic defense to ward off weakened retaliation) is deeply rooted in Russian psychology.
@drisruptNB@Pataramesh I agree, that it's a specialized weapon, which main goal basically to diversify retaliation. So if the enemy plans to "strike first, knock ICBM out, and rely on ballistic defense to stop a few that manage to launch" - it would be forced to rethink its plans.
@drisruptNB@Pataramesh Third - in case of tensions being really high, such weapons could be pre-launched & set to circle for days (weeks maybe) in safe areas, ensuring that enemy could not knock them on ground. Basically recall constant bomber patrols of Cold War Era - but unmanned.
@drisruptNB@Pataramesh Second - nuclear-powered cruise missile would be much more compact than ICBM. It could probably fit in standard transport container. So they could be disperced and camouflaged much easier, than ICBM launchers - ensuring their survival in case of enemy strike.
@drisruptNB@Pataramesh Actually it provide several. First, it circumvent the ballistic defenses, and force the opponent to spend a lot of money on homeland low-altitude defense - wich IS expensive, and would drain the opponent resources.
@drisruptNB@Pataramesh You mean for American scientists who tested nuclear ramjets of "Pluto" projects in 1960s and planned a supersonic low altitude missile (SLAM) to be powered by that? :)
@GabeBlessing @AirPowerNEW1 Maginot Line worked exactly as it was supposed to, you know; channeled German push to North, where French army main forces concentrated. It's not exactly the Line fault, that French field army was defeated outside the Line.