Quote from: be.open on Today at 08:37:56 AM

Quote from: paxmao on Today at 08:20:29 AM

False, Russia has no capability to intercept hypersonic missiles.

On the nuclear threat, the existing S-400 missile stands some chance of stopping an small number of warheads if placed in large numbers and very close to the warheads targets. S-500 at most can intercept short range ballistic missiles and there are only very costly few units (I wonder how will they be produced without semiconductors in the future). Russia does not have an advantage on NW delivery platforms by sea or air. The North Pole and the South Pole are there for everyone to use - confers zero advantage. A hypersonic missile, as of now, can deliver one warhead at mid-range only, as opposed to ICBM that can deliver multiple (even 40) warheads both real and decoy.

You know nothing about Russian missiles, but I see no reason to try to convince you - so be it. The main thing is that the Pentagon knows this, whose head Lloyd Austin recently said that in the present and future, the nuclear arsenal that Russia has presents serious difficulties for the United States.

I know nothing about what the US is not saying about their real capabilities. The Russ military is so infiltrated that one of these days the specs of the S-500 are going to be published in a Brit tabloid along with the marital affairs of Jonny Deep.

They US guy is absolutely right - it does present difficulties as does the real threat: China. It is simply that you are claiming capabilities from the Russ systems that are simply not there (e.g. interception of hypersonic missiles) and then saying that "you do not need to convince" - AKA providing false information. I know you are trying to assure Russian people that they are safe on the basis of "superior weapons", but anyone with a VPN knows better.

Indeed, hypersonic missiles are a serious problem, even with a limited "hypersonic" capability. Very difficult to detect and very difficult to stop, perfect for carrier killing. The US military is very open about it for one reason: they want funds to deal with this threat and they will get them.

Will Russia keep up the spending pace under sanctions that include electronic components and a GDP that is more than 10 times less than US? Not to mention NATO's full budget which ranges in the 20 times more? Who do you think is going to get to the NW and hypersonic interception capability before? And now the US citizens are even more keen into chipping in the coin to do it - thanks to who?... you know.

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While the U.S. ranks as the world's largest economy with a GDP of $21 trillion,2 Russia's nominal GDP comes in at $1.48 trillion. 1 In terms of GDP, Russia trails much smaller countries, such as the United Kingdom, Italy, and France.

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