‘Flight plans’ could spark new Cuban missile crisis

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

‘Flight plans’ could spark new Cuban missile crisis

 

Interesting article. Russia and USA are the only two countries in the world with the long range strategic bomber capability.

[Vekkinho]

Scary!

[GGTharos]

Nothing's going to happen. If Russia flies bombers there, they will probably see an expansion of 'border equipment' say in turkey ... that will be the price they'll pay for this; and they know it. It's just saber-rattling.

[Case]

It's just saber-rattling.

Exactly... it's the stuff you don't hear and read in the newspapers that more frightening...

[Pilotasso]

Whats realy scarry (not this hypothetic scenario) is that the US economy is sinking and bringing alot of other counries down with it (mine included). Those lines of people in front of banks to collect their savings from bankrupcy is reminiscent of the 1929 crash. We are living it again and the damage that it can cause is much more likely to happen than a confrontation of any sort with russia. It could trigger another war in the middle east, something that would make GW1 look harmless.

 

Even scarrier: there are half a dozen big banks injecting fresh money into the world economy to hold the pieces together. If this buffer gets exausted, the consequences for any of us, no matter where you live, will be catastrophic. Countries who need assitence from developed countries will be likely to abandoned to their luck, social unrest everywhere (like france not just poor contries) border tensions for enegertic resources etc etc. Add to this the current generation of mediocre politicians (europe has a nice collection of them too) and the potential for disaster is immense.

Edited July 24, 2008 by Pilotasso

[Vekkinho]

^^^^^^

Well said!

I'm not afraid of dropping bombs anymore but of dropping economy!

[TucksonSonny]

Whats realy scarry (not this hypothetic scenario) is that the US economy is sinking and bringing alot of other counries down with it (mine included). Those lines of people in front of banks to collect their savings from bankrupcy is reminiscent of the 1929 crash. We are living it again and the damage that it can cause is much more likely to happen than a confrontation of any sort with russia. It could trigger another war in the middle east, something that would make GW1 look harmless.

 

Even scarrier: there are half a dozen big banks injecting fresh money into the world economy to hold the pieces together. If this buffer gets exausted, the consequences for any of us, no matter where you live, will be catastrophic. Countries who need assitence from developed countries will be likely to abandoned to their luck, social unrest everywhere (like france not just poor contries) border tensions for enegertic resources etc etc. Add to this the current generation of mediocre politicians (europe has a nice collection of them too) and the potential for disaster is immense.

 

 

I am thinking seriously of selling my property in Belgium and buying myself a nice crib in the US.

I wonder what you can do nowadays in the US with like 450.000 euro (about 706.500 dollars at 1.57 :D)

Isn’t it wonderfully global world economy? :P

[4c Hajduk Veljko]

It is economy that eventually brought the USSR down.

 

Nevertheless, that Tu-160 is some airplane huhhh … It is the biggest of its kind in the world. A Blackjack with 12 Raduga’s Kh-55’s, that is scary.

[TucksonSonny]

It is economy that eventually brought the USSR down.

 

Nevertheless, that Tu-160 is some airplane huhhh … It is the biggest of its kind in the world. A Blackjack with 12 Raduga’s Kh-55’s, that is scary.

 

The only Mach 2.0 cruiser-bomber!

Intercept that…

The Blackjack cruises at the top speed of the raptor….

From a base in Cuba tu-160 pilots would have a lot of fun :D.

[EvilBivol-1]

Officially, Russia is denying any such plans and says they are deliberate attempts at disinformation originating from external sources.

[Pilotasso]

It is economy that eventually brought the USSR down.

 

Nevertheless, that Tu-160 is some airplane huhhh … It is the biggest of its kind in the world. A Blackjack with 12 Raduga’s Kh-55’s, that is scary.

 

The USSR was broght down by internal economical factors since it was a closed economy based on strict rules imposed by the state.