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"Military-technical" ?? That sounds cyber to me. Stand by for DDOS attacks on Czech companies.

although I think the russians might be better served by letting them get on with it, even encouraging the missiles elsewhere. After all, it's all American treasure being wasted pointlessly and that has to be a positive from their point of view.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 04:35:18 AM EST
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I think he means improvements to the nuclear arsenal.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 04:37:07 AM EST
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Didn't the soviet union once partly break itself on the rock of a technological armnaments race ? And instead of realising it's a childish rainbow chase, they seek to repeat it ?

It would be much wiser to let the US break itself and quietly chuckle from the side

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 05:19:23 AM EST
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Didn't the soviet union once partly break itself on the rock of a technological armnaments race ?

That's the neocon interpretation. But I agree, armament races are so adolescent and wasteful.

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.

by DoDo on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 05:22:50 AM EST
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If I were the Russians I would still be concern about the US installing offensive missiles in Poland under cover of missile defence. After all, the sites will be 100% under US control.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 05:12:55 AM EST
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I don't understand why the US would want to consider nuking Russia. It almost made sense, in a bonkers way, when the USSR was still stomping on countries. But now - what would it achieve?

Presumbaly someone in the Pentagon still thinks Russia could be planning a first strike. But if so, there doesn't seem to be any evidence at all for that view.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 9th, 2008 at 07:33:13 AM EST
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