Posted on 11/26/2024 6:19:42 AM PST by hardspunned
So far, almost nobody in the west fully comprehends the Oreshnik weapon system just demonstrated by Russia. Hat tip to Ted Postol, Scott Ritter and Brian Berletic, the only 3 people I've found so far who fully understand this. I've done the math on the kinetic energy of the submunitions (using estimates for mass), and I've studied up on what's publicly known about these weapons so far. My conclusion? NATO is done. The west has no idea what just hit them. Russia's Oreshnik weapon system is checkmate for NATO and the USA. All U.S. aircraft carriers can be destroyed in minutes. All U.S. military bases, all underground bunkers, all ICBM launch sites, naval shipyards, etc., can be destroyed with NON-NUCLEAR kinetic energy via the Oreshnik.
(Excerpt) Read more at x.com ...
Thanks!
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I was thinking a .45 at 910 fps...
But like your .22 numbers.
See #64
Well You do have quite the following!
So, imagine a bullet weighing 500 pounds and being fired at Mach 15. Still a kinetic weapon. just on a larger scale, is it not ?
Over and above the scale is that it drops submunitions on it's way to the target.
Finally, an intelligent response to the article.
What one needs to know is the Oreshnik missile attack simply an early testing or has Russia more or less perfected their current delivery design and already has mass-produced the necessary components?
Big difference b/t a one-off testing and a demonstration of a mature weapons program.
“….Vlad still holds all the cards.”
More Russian propaganda ...
Everyone is bluffing right now.
Yes, but with extra submunitions.
I thought we had that already.
Yes, but they all have "OUT OF ORDER" signs on them. We haven't been able to send anyone up to maintain them. We can't even rescue the stranded astronauts on the SS. (Meant as humor, true or not)
“I suggest you study the massive underground weapons facility in Dnipro that was totally destroyed by Vlad’s Oreshnik missile attack. 1 mile by 1 1/2 miles- gone. Initial video and reports show total destruction, down to the three story underground manufacturing facilities. Gone.”
Oreshnik missile strike on Dnipro: Satellite images show surprising lack of destruction
https://tvpworld.com/83667483/russian-military-bloggers-underwhelmed-by-putins-new-missile
“We can’t even rescue the stranded astronauts on the SS. “
We can. We just recently brought some astronauts back from the ISS.
i suppose that depends on your frame of reference
Ever heard of MAD ?
And what if your super weapon is countered by a single purposeful strike on the Kremlin? Yeah, I know. WWIII.
Yes, this is where our, now their current, technology was stolen by russia/china
Now I am scared: the New Oreshnik Missile Attack on Dnipro
Ok, the title and brief intro might be a bit melodramatic however still a good overview of its capabilities and why it may be considered a "game changer".
Note any use of the phrase "game changer" may or may not actually involve changing the game in any way.
“there is no wonder why NATO is holding an emergency meeting today.”
You posted the same yesterday ...
“Is this like the US Navy’s rail gun?”
It is like the ICBMs we have had for decades but with shorter range.
It will not be a weapons system that destroys or saves the West.
If the West - and America - fails and falls, it will be arrogance and corruption that does it.
“The idea of sending off young men to die in major ground wars while leadership remains safe is off the table.”
Not sure on that. It comes down to having the weapon and using it with the result that they are facing is not going to scare anyone in their right mind into doing nothing. So the alternative is to go as everyone has been going. There hasn’t been a detination of a nuclear bomb against another country since Nagasaki in 1945. The weaponry to do the job is already in place for nine countries which is more than enough to harm everyone. What difference does it make how fast it gets here if it can’t be stopped anyway?
wy69
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