Posted on 01/12/2024 6:56:49 AM PST by marcusmaximus
A senior ally of President Vladimir Putin warned on Friday that Moscow would regard any move by Britain to deploy a military contingent to Ukraine as a declaration of war against Russia.
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, now deputy chairman of Russia's Security Council, made the comments in response to a visit by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to Kyiv to announce an increase in military funding to help Ukraine purchase new military drones.
"I hope that our eternal enemies - the arrogant British - understand that deploying an official military contingent to Ukraine would be a declaration of war against our country," Medvedev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
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Medvedev hitting the bottle again
the UK alone could probably flatten Russia in about 15 minutes, and everybody knows it ... this is more empty Russian babbling
Screw you AND Putain
Tell Medvedev to put down the bottle.
where are the eggs in Moscow?
That’s what Napolean and the Nazis said. But now Russia has nukes. And if the UK sends actual troops to kill Russian soldiers, what would that be other than war?
The Brits couldn't take on Argentina by themselves way back in 82 and their military capability has only shrunk further since 40 years ago.
Did you know that the RuZZZZian Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic, ballistic missile (NATO reporting name AS-24 Killjoy) can be used against aircraft carriers and that NATO has no defense? America has hollowed out at shipbuilding industry and will not be able to replacement sunken carriers any time within the next five years. You are an idiot.
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What about them eggs, marxistminimus? Tell us again about them expensive eggs of doom!
Tell Medevev to put down the bottle.
He’s right. That would be an act of war.
This guy’s mouth never stops and is writing checks his country can’t cash.
UK has nukes too ... on more-accurate and more-reliable missiles than Russia
If Russia wants to attack, that will be the end of Russia
... and big-talking Medvedev knows it
What nonsense, England’s “ Army” is in shambles. Last I looked England has a standing Army of 75,000! ( according to Wiki), in addition, their Defense Ministry stated they have been severely depleted of arms and equipment from senile Joe’s Ukie war.
….same story with the rest of the EU nations. Turkey is the only NATO member left that has anything that could be seriously called an “ Army”- and I suspect they will be pulling out of NATO soon.
Russia should worry about giving their serfs heat, hot water and indoor toilets instead of threatening nuclear war.
MedHead thinks UK-made drones are UK troops - more proof that MedHead’s vodka proof number has increased
That’s what Napolean and the Nazis said. But now Russia has nukes. And if the UK sends actual troops to kill Russian soldiers, what would that be other than war
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Fact is IF England decides to cause more troubles, Vlad can send his conventional super sonic missiles their way - they will have about four minutes flight time and no defense against them.
NATO knows they are sitting ducks and poorly outfitted for even a conventional war with the Russian Federation.
Napoleon didn’t plan to conquer Russia - his goal was to scare Tsar Alexander I into getting back into the “continental system” and boycotting British goods.
Hitler did want to conquer western Russia up to Smolensk and he did defeat them and would have won if the USA didn’t send weaponry to help the Russians fight and ultimately defeat Germany.
The Kinzhal is really nothing special. Its just a ballistic missile. These things have been in existence since the second world war. The only difference is the Kinzhal is launched by an aircraft and uses a much shallower trajectory, meaning it is an endoatmospheric ballistic missile. Its basically just an air launched iskander. Virtually all ballistic missiles are “hypersonic”, meaning they fly faster than Mach 5. A Scud has a re-entry velocity of around 2 kilometers per second, which is Mach 5.8. That makes it a “hypersonic weapon”
The PATRIOT is a ballistic missile defence system, meaning it is designed to engage targets that enter the atmosphere at speeds well in excess of Mach 5. Even the older Patriot Advanced Capability 2 (PAC-2) performed very well in 2003 when engaging Iraqi SCUDs, which were moving at hypersonic velocity. Now the Kinzhal has a peak velocity that is much higher than Mach 5.8 but, as it has a short burn time and is generally flying through the atmosphere, it is constantly slowing down. That means when it approaches its target, it may not even be hypersonic any more (depending upon the range)
So, the relevant question you have to ask yourself is, if a PATRIOT can shoot down a ground launched ballistic missile quite effectively, one that is moving at hypersonic speeds, why would it not be able to shoot down an air launched ballistic missile
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