Nuclear arms treaty with Russia suspended

[Astray]

but would hope we'd be better than that.

Ha!

[Solkern]

This has been going on since at least the Obama administration. A report was released on it last year: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsro...eaty-violation Both NATO and policy think tanks have agreed that Russia violated the treaty.

As far as US development, I have no idea. I wouldn't be surprised if we developed weapons in violation of any treaty, but would hope we'd be better than that.

Thank you for the link

[Methais]

This has been going on since at least the Obama administration. A report was released on it last year: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/newsro...eaty-violation Both NATO and policy think tanks have agreed that Russia violated the treaty.

As far as US development, I have no idea. I wouldn't be surprised if we developed weapons in violation of any treaty, but would hope we'd be better than that.

If we are and haven't been caught, then we're already better.

Make America Better Again

[Gelston]

We just need to fully weaponize space already. Nukes are so 20th century.

[RichardCranium]

We just need to fully weaponize space already. Nukes are so 20th century.

Do you want a Death Star? Because that's how you get a Death Star.

[Gelston]

Do you want a Death Star? Because that's how you get a Death Star.

Yes.

[Methais]

We just need to fully weaponize space already. Nukes are so 20th century.

Whatever happened with this?

https://futurism.com/air-force-tech-...ith-no-fallout

[Gelston]

Whatever happened with this?

https://futurism.com/air-force-tech-...ith-no-fallout

You don't talk about that.

[Taernath]

[~Rocktar~]

Whatever happened with this?

https://futurism.com/air-force-tech-...ith-no-fallout

Old tech already in use for tanks, ships and some other weapons. As mentioned, rail guns can use it. We already use depleted uranium sabot ammunition in tanks, other anti-tank weapons and in kinetic kill missiles. People have been talking about this kind of weapon since the dawn of possible space flight and before. Now days, with reusable launch vehicles, who says we don't already have them.

On another note, the real issue with the intermediate range missile ban is that the limit was originally 600 miles. Well, pretty much all of Europe and most of America's major cities and military installations are within 600 miles of a coastline and Russian subs could use torpedo tube or cannister launched cruise missiles to reach anywhere they wanted without the need for a missile boat. Russian cities and installations are mostly a lot farther inland than 600 miles so we would have to use ICBM's or bombers to reach them and not cruise missiles. It sounded great at the time and gave all the Democrats and peacenick whiners in Europe warm fuzzies but the rest of us and most of the world knew we got screwed. Kind of like the Iran deal, which they violated less than a year after it's signing by testing ballistic missiles.

We have been hamstrung by shit treaties all in the name of peace and getting along for 50+ years now and we need to get out of them and look after ourselves.