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Originally posted by StellarX
Ahem and what eveidence is that, your raving denial You hvae presented no evidence and their is no evidence that I have seen. Almost every claim about teh AGM-129 says it is highly stealthy, combine that with nap of the earth flying and it's LIDAR guidance and yes, it is undectable. Show me somewhere that it is detectable - back up your ranting.
Which means exactly what in your opinion? Does this mean that it will just be able to fly past soviet air defense missiles complexes with total disregard? Since claims are what we are dealing with we just wont know for sure but the Russians sure keep telling us their missiles can do the job.
Christ, you're a raving madman. So where are these super secret Soviet intelligence reports you are privvy to ? Care to post some of them.
Do you know what FOBS is and do you know how many were deployed? Well you don't and neither does most anyone in the US defense establishment. Those 100 odd Soviet space launches per year where just rocket engine tests yes.
Originally posted by k4rupt
What are you saying? I never said that Russia would enter the fight... I responded by saying that thinking a nuclear war would occur is paranoid thinking... Please reroad what I posted.
Erm, lets see no civil defence drills etc. I doubt they are that prepared. Why don't you tell me what preparations they ar making. Come on you're making the assumption.
erm... okay you've been to China a few times and now you KNOW for a fact that they have no civil defence drills or preparations? Come on, I think you're making the assumptions here. I see no civil defence drills int he U.S., I see nothing that remotely shows WE are prepared for a nuclear strike.
OKay... Even if a hand full of ballistic missiles reach the U.S., don't tell me it would be all sunshine... Let's see, lets just say 5 cities get hit. Washington, NY, SF, Detroit, LA... Don't tell me that would NOT be catastrophic. Please check your COMMON SENSE before making arrogant statements.
Um.. Are you serious? If the U.S. destroys the Chinese cities, then 200-250 of the largest American cities would be destroyed as well... The U.S. would cease to exist also... Did I spoil your fun there?
LOL, this is trich. So ah you know they are prepapring for nuclear war how ? I know for a fact there are no civilain drills, I do business over there, I hve conact with many Chinese people and we have discussed relations with the US many times. Not once do did they mention these mythical prepaprations for nuclear war
Hmmm, I thought you said china could destroy hundreds of US cities I was pointing just how wrong and inaccurate you were. So why should we beleive you, when you don't even have a clue about Chinese forces, yet make all these baseless claims ? LOL
[edit on 9-3-2006 by rogue1]
Originally posted by k4rupt
Okay, I live in the U.S. and there are no civilian drills and NO PREPARATIONS whatsover for a nuclear war. Can you PLEASE give me an example of preparation for a nuclear war in... NY? Washington D.C.? SF? Any major city?
Hmmm, I thought you said china could destroy hundreds of US cities I was pointing just how wrong and inaccurate you were. So why should we beleive you, when you don't even have a clue about Chinese forces, yet make all these baseless claims ? LOL
[edit on 9-3-2006 by rogue1]
LOL you completely ignored my argument. The second statement was HYPOTHETICAL in YOUR favor. PLEASE REREAD what I wrote before you go on posting irrelevlant arguments. I wrote "Even if a hand full of ballistic missiles reach the U.S..." DID YOU MISS THE "IF" OR DID YOU CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT?
Um.. Are you serious? If the U.S. destroys the Chinese cities, then 200-250 of the largest American cities would be destroyed as well... The U.S. would cease to exist also... Did I spoil your fun there?
So why should we even read your posts when you go on making these arrogant accusations before even READING clearly what I wrote.
Please get back on topic. You completely ignored my argument that EVEN IF 5 cities were destroyed by nukes, the U.S. would be... oh how do i put this nicely... crippled.
Why do you ignore this when you go spurting out about how the U.S. will nuke China off the face of the earth? Let me ask you, what is it worth to destroy China in the exchange for millions of American lives? Why do people like you CONSTANTLY throw this utterly ignorant b.s. out in the pool of argument?
Originally posted by rogue1
They could wuite easily fly passed Soviet radar, no doubt. They are desugned to be stealthy from airborne lookdown radar.
Throughout the Kosovo War air campaign the major Russian missile manufacturer Almaz Central Design Burueau was quietly putting the finishing
touches to a new family of highly effective S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air (SAM) missile systems. Destined to become widespread both inside
and outside Russia, the presence of these missiles will "create major problems for [air strike] planners for years to come", and their
significance has been greatly underestimated by Defence Ministers worldwide. This warning is made by Editors Chris Foss and Tony Cullen in
the foreword of the forthcoming authoritative publication Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 2000-1 Edition.
www.janes.com...
Senior Russian aerospace officials admitted that they are testing new SAM missiles against the F-117 that was shot down by Serb forces in 1999. The Russians admitted that the F-117 was being used to test new anti-stealth technology and advanced missiles designed to shoot down U.S. aircraft. Russian researchers are testing components of a new air defense system against the F-117 remains.
The Russian anti-stealth tests include radio frequency seekers from surface-to-air missiles and proximity fuses for missile warheads. Russian missile makers Antey Industrial Corp. and the Almaz Central Design Bureau are using the F-117 and modified Russian-made stealth aircraft to test components for the next generation of Russian Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs).
Almaz engineers claim its S-300PMU-2 system can locate and destroy stealth targets up to 60 miles away. Almaz is currently trying to sell the S-300PMU-2 to China.
www.softwar.net...
In 1997, the Russians unveiled yet another variant of the system, this time called S-300PMU-2 (SA-10E Favorit). Its larger missiles (9M96E
and 9M96E2), longer range (200 kilometers), and better guidance system make the S-300PMU-2 a thorough modification of its predecessor. The
system can engage targets between 10 meters and 27 kilometers above the ground.(7) The Russians claim that, during a series of tests in the
mid-1990s, the S-300PMU-2 shot down a target ballistic missile traveling at 1,600 meters per second, and that the system can destroy targets
traveling at 4,800 meters per second.(8) The Russians add that the system has a kill ratio between 0.8 and 0.98 against Tomahawk-class cruise
missiles and from 0.8 to 0.93 against aircraft.(9)
www.missilethreat.com...
The Antey-2500 is designed to combat aircraft and tactical missiles, including ballistic missiles with a launch range of up to 2,500
kilometers. The Antey-2500 mobile complex, developed on the basis of the well-known S-300V [SA-12] air defense complex, is a new-generation
system, capable of autonomous combat action. It can simultaneously engage 24 aerodynamic targets, including stealth targets, or 16 ballistic
targets with a RCS of up to 0.02 meters, flying at speeds of up to 4,500 m/s. Improved characteristics of the radar information facilities
and optimization of radar signal processing technics make it possible to combat high-speed ballistic targets with a small radar cross
section. Antey-2500 can effectively protect an area of up to 2,500 sq. km and engage targets at altitudes of 25 to 40,000 m.
www.globalsecurity.org...
"Full antimissile defence the length of the perimeter of the borders
of Europe and Russia is not planned," Ivashov said. "It is intended to
concentrate all that we already have, coordinating ABM systems, obtaining
opportunities to destroy ballistic missiles and opportunities in the
command structure, and directing those opportunities in directions
presenting a missile danger."
He said that the systems should cover peacekeeping contingents, and
the civilian population and civilian facilities as well as military
facilities, damage to which could cause significant harm to civilians.
The Russian side has no doubt that "NATO members will not start
purchasing Russian ABM systems on a large scale, like the modernized
S-300PMU or the new S-400, which can effectively combat ballistic
missiles, although NATO's European members do not have systems like
these", Ivashov said. Moscow does not in any case intend to extend its
missile technology to NATO countries, and Sergeyev said this frankly in
Brussels a few days ago.
www.fas.org...
Staying invisible from a ground radar would be much simpler, especially with all the ground clutter flying 30 feet above the ground.
So yeah no problems for an AGM-129, first thing the soviets would know of it was when it went off.
What complete BS, come on you make these ridiculous claims and never back then up FOBS was only ever deployted on the SS-9 missile and in very small numbers.
So wher eis this informaton on these hundreds of nuclear weapons you claim the Soviets have in space
Originally posted by rogue1
Ahem, so what are the weapons of choice for strategic blackmail ? You allude to these other weapons in several threads - what are they ?
//sigh// - You're the one who keeps on interjecting these vague notions of some Russian super weapon.
If you don't want to be pulled up on it, stop alluding to them all the time Simple as that.
I said there were no nuclear arm,ed cruise missiles, I neglected the AGM-129 stealth cruise missile. I never mentioned gravity bombs
Ahem and what eveidence is that, your raving denial You hvae presented no evidence and their is no evidence that I have seen.
Almost every claim about teh AGM-129 says it is highly stealthy,
combine that with nap of the earth flying and it's LIDAR guidance and yes, it is undectable. Show me somewhere that it is detectable - back up your ranting.
Christ, you're a raving madman. So where are these super secret Soviet intelligence reports you are privvy to ? Care to post some of them.
Originally posted by StellarX
The Russians claim they can shoot down such missiles with 80-90% single missile hit rates so if one goes by claims these American ALCM are not going to get much done.
Observers theorize that the Mexican military is doing this to make sure that drug shipments make it into the United States.
The weakest link in protecting U.S. borders is Mexico.
Originally posted by Jack of Scythes
Would China invade? No. However, China has allies that the United States government cannot control. Mexico is such a country that would be more than willing to be the foot soldiers for China.
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
What utter bunk please link to these claims of a 90% success rate in downing the US ALCM
This is going to be great
Originally posted by StellarX
I said there were no nuclear arm,ed cruise missiles, I neglected the AGM-129 stealth cruise missile. I never mentioned gravity bombs
There are at least 3 nuclear armed cruise missiles currently in service so your STILL wrong by claiming only one type. If you can not manage these simple details i suggest you pick simpler topics.
The Russians claim they can shoot down such missiles with 80-90% single missile hit rates so if one goes by claims these American ALCM are not going to get much done.
combine that with nap of the earth flying and it's LIDAR guidance and yes, it is undectable. Show me somewhere that it is detectable - back up your ranting.
Nothing is undetectable and as my last post indicated neither is American ALCM's.
Your the one calling others names without much reason other than being incapable of arguing the evidence. Why would you need super secret intelligence reports when you can find the information in long since declassified reports and journals?
For example, the range of the Backfire medium bomber was considerably overestimated, and the number of Backfires the Soviet Union would acquire by 1984 was overestimated by more than 100 percent (estimating 500 when the real figure was 235). Team B overestimated the accuracy of the SS-18 and SS-19 ICBMs, feeding the unwarranted fears of a "window of vulnerability" for the US ICBM deterrent. Team B estimated that the Soviet Union would field a mobile ABM system, which it did not. It regarded as ominous, rather than reassuring, that no intelligence information had been acquired on Soviet development of a nonacoustic antisubmarine warfare capability, again raising concerns over a looming threat that did not arise.
Team B saw as a "serious concern" the possible upgrading of Soviet mobile intermediate range missiles (SS-20s) to ICBMs and criticized the draft NIE for estimating that the SS-16 mobile ICBM program would remain small. In the event, no SS-16s were deployed, and no SS-20s were upgraded to ICBMs. With respect to exotic technologies for ABM defense, Team B castigated the NIE for failing to draw more attention to the threat of Soviet development of charged particle-beam directed energy interceptors, stating that it would be "difficult to overestimate" the magnitude of the Soviet effort, yet by those very alarmist words it did so. The large-scale but ineffective Soviet civil defense efforts were also depicted as an important part of a Soviet design to be able to fight, and win, a nuclear war. Team B even suggested incredibly that the ABM Treaty helped the Soviet leaders "to pursue a goal of achieving assured survival of the USSR and assured destruction for its major adversary."
Team B also reported "an intense military buildup in nuclear as well as conventional forces" and criticized the NIEs for failing to describe adequately the scale of the Soviet military effort. While Team B was estimating a relentless, continuing buildup at a growing pace, it was later learned that, in fact, Soviet leaders had just cut back the rate of spending on their military effort and would not increase it for the next nine years. To be sure, the Soviet Union continued to spend a great deal on its large military programs, but it was not the limitless buildup in pursuit of a war-winning capability that Team B ascribed. Team B went even further. Its report argued at length that there was no constraining effect resulting from the requirements of the civilian economy. The NIEs were attacked for even suggesting that economic considerations might limit Soviet military growth, and Team B itself asserted that "Soviet strategic forces have yet to reflect any constraining effect of civil economy competition, and are unlikely to do so in the foreseeable future."
www.cia.gov...