Russian military ups the ante on missile defense

[myrobbins7]

Russia's top military officer has threatened to carry out a pre-emptive strike on U.S.-led NATO missile defense facilities in Eastern Europe if Washington goes ahead with its controversial plan to build a missile shield.

President Dmitry Medvedev said last year that Russia will retaliate militarily if it does not reach an agreement with the United States and NATO on the missile defense system.

Chief of General Staff Nikolai Makarov went even further Thursday. "A decision to use destructive force pre-emptively will be taken if the situation worsens," he said at an international conference attended by senior U.S. and NATO officials.

The Associated Press: Russian military ups the ante on missile defense

[bamacheats]

Who cares! Russians always get they azz beat.

[marcusluvsvols]

While I can't stand them or their ideals, they are tough as a ten cent steak. Turned back Genghis Khan, Napolean, and Hitler. Hope they're not dumb enough to start another cold war. Friction with them will hurt us both.

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by bamacheats

Who cares! Russians always get they azz beat.

Not on their home turf

[allvol123]

It will be ok, we have Afghanistan as an ally now.

[OrangeEmpire]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Not on their home turf

Well.......take out those pesky winter months

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by OrangeEmpire

Well.......take out those pesky winter months

What I'm talkin 'bout.

I played as the Rooskis all the damn time on Rise of Nations. Unbeatable.

[OrangeEmpire]

Their technology sucks balls, but is is rugged and lasts forever in some working condition.

[bamacheats]

I ain't skayert.

[Weezy]

Russians are stupid paranoid about missile defense. Always have been. But I don't think they would actually ever do anything. But when did we start building a missile shield? Last I check we just had a few systems but far from a shield. Russians believe it's too close to them, but I think speculation was that it was for Iran to Europe attacks.

[OrangeEmpire]

Originally Posted by Weezy

Russians are stupid paranoid about missile defense. Always have been. But I don't think they would actually ever do anything. But when did we start building a missile shield? Last I check we just had a few systems but far from a shield. Russians believe it's too close to them, but I think speculation was that it was for Iran to Europe attacks.

coughs, Tom Clancys End War

[milohimself]

Originally Posted by OrangeEmpire

Their technology sucks balls, but is is rugged and lasts forever in some working condition.

Russian tech: Always breaks but never stops working.

[OrangeEmpire]

Originally Posted by milohimself

Russian tech: Always breaks but never stops working.

That or steal and copy

[davethevol]

Originally Posted by Weezy

Russians are stupid paranoid about missile defense. Always have been. But I don't think they would actually ever do anything. But when did we start building a missile shield? Last I check we just had a few systems but far from a shield. Russians believe it's too close to them, but I think speculation was that it was for Iran to Europe attacks.

The shield is definitely not intended to stop attacks from Iran. Russia isn't dumb. It is to protect Eastern Europe from attacks/counter attacks from Russia. They called the US out on it before and pointed out other locations that would actually work better if the true intentions were to stop missiles from Iran, but the US wouldn't budge.

[Weezer]

Originally Posted by milohimself

What I'm talkin 'bout.

I played as the Rooskis all the damn time on Rise of Nations. Unbeatable.

Don't think they're unbeatable. Technology is the great equalizer. In a strictly ground war, fought in Russia, they can't be beat, but nowadays, it's all about air power. That's assuming both sides refrain from nukes. Of course if war did break out, there's a good chance China joins them (as well as Iran and North Korea), which means WWIII. That probably means nukes. Then the world ends on December 21st and the Mayans are proven correct. Damn Mayans.