Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile
by John_KZ on Thursday March 01, 2018 @05:14PM
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Syria and Georgia are primarily Russia's fault, no doubt. They definitely aren't saints. However that's irrelevant to what happened in Ukraine. Imagine if Russia stationed a bunch of floating long-range missile batteries right off the coast of the US. It's not illegal, just like asking Ukraine to join EU/NATO, but it's definitely not going to be allowed to happen, even if it means war.
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Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile
by Const-me on Thursday March 01, 2018 @06:24PM
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> what happened in Ukraine
Unprovoked military invasion, and forceful annexation of territory, that’s what happened.
> just like asking Ukraine to join EU/NATO
No one has asked Ukraine to join NATO, because Ukrainians were strongly against it. Before Russian invasion, Ukrainians was slightly pro-EU, and strongly against NATO, i.e. 20% for, 65% against.
The public opinion has changing as the result of the ongoing war. Now in Ukraine 60-75% are for NATO, and just 10-25% against.
P.S. Even here in Montenegro, the annexation of Crimea has changed public opinion towards NATO, less dramatically but enough to make it a majority. We joined NATO in 2017.
Re:Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile
by dragonwriter on Thursday March 01, 2018 @05:15PM
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> Imagine if Russia stationed a bunch of floating long-range missile batteries right off the coast of the US.
They have, for decades, they're called ballistic missile subs.