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Oreshnik Threat: ‘Rods From God’ Are Not As Dangerous As Putin Thinks
Forbes ^ | 2 December 2024 | David Hambling

Posted on 12/05/2024 3:27:42 PM PST by Apparatchik

The reverberations from the Oreshnik ballistic missile strike on Dnipro continue to echo two weeks after the event, mainly because President Putin keeps making public statements about what an effective weapon Oreshnik is. These are duly repeated by the media in Russia and abroad.

The use of an intermediate range ballistic missile with conventional warheads was a world first. Containing no explosive, the thirty-six submunitions inflict damage by kinetic energy, “like a meteorite falling,” as Putin put it. The shower of artificial meteorites looked impressive, but the evidence suggests that it did little actual damage. The strike was more of an impressive firework display than a real threat.

(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...


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Looks like Putler’s Wunderwaffe is a dud.
1 posted on 12/05/2024 3:27:42 PM PST by Apparatchik
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To: Apparatchik
Containing no explosive, the thirty-six submunitions inflict damage by kinetic energy...

This time they carried no payload as a demonstration.

Next time they won't be empty.

2 posted on 12/05/2024 3:30:54 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████ ████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: Apparatchik

GTFO FR - globaloid trashbag.

Take the Ukraine shithole with you.


3 posted on 12/05/2024 3:31:05 PM PST by AAABEST (That time Washington DC became a corrupted, existential threat to us all...)
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To: Apparatchik

Do these clowns not understand that this was a test with inert warheads? Yes it was a dud, literally. That doesn’t mean you can’t put munitions on them.


4 posted on 12/05/2024 3:31:28 PM PST by EnderWiggin1970
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To: Apparatchik

You are officially retarded.


5 posted on 12/05/2024 3:33:48 PM PST by wildcard_redneck
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6 posted on 12/05/2024 3:37:50 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (🦅 MAGADONIAN ⚔️ LIFE )
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To: Apparatchik

Some dipshit who writes for Forbes thinks he is a weapons expert.


7 posted on 12/05/2024 3:38:07 PM PST by webheart
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To: Apparatchik

There was a joke that a burglar broke into a guys home drew a chalk line on the floor told the guy not to cross it and proceeded to assault his wife and family.

When the guy started busting up, the burglar asked: “What is so funny?”

The guy said: “While you were pistol whipping my wife, I stepped over the line and you missed it!”

That is that Forbes writer.


8 posted on 12/05/2024 3:39:29 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (You can vote totalitarians in but you can never vote them out...)
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To: Apparatchik

As decreed by...Forbes

Ha


9 posted on 12/05/2024 3:46:33 PM PST by Z28.310 (does not comply well with others)
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To: Apparatchik
Interesting author cited. Here are some other of his works:

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When one looks to his "Swarm Troopers: How small drones will conquer the world," as the Forbes site list in his short resume, one finds it was self-published in 2015 by Archangel Ink Publishing Services.

Experts....

10 posted on 12/05/2024 3:52:58 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Z28.310; webheart; ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton; Worldtraveler once upon a time
Introducing the Oreshnik What Russia’s ‘new’ ballistic missile means for Ukraine and nuclear security

Spoiler Alert: Nothing much
11 posted on 12/05/2024 3:55:07 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: EnderWiggin1970

If Forbes is making a claim they could provide pictures.

Is that too much to ask?


12 posted on 12/05/2024 3:55:11 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time


Also interesting: Isaac Asimov was a professor of biochemistry who wrote popular science fiction. Clearly also a great fool, huh?
13 posted on 12/05/2024 4:07:48 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: Apparatchik
--- "Spoiler Alert: Nothing much"

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Interestingly, as it says, 'Meduza is an international publication released in Russian and English." Since Latvian is the dominant language and the official language of Latvia, other languages found are Latgalian, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Russian. Oddly, English isn't mentioned, suggesting this publication targets our nation, as well as Canada and the UK, and looks for donations.

For the US donors, Checks should be made payable to “Meduza” and mailed to the following address: Mother Jones, P.O. Box 584, San Francisco, CA 94104-0584

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14 posted on 12/05/2024 4:09:50 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Apparatchik
Clever response, huh? Excepting Asimov wasn't cited by you or Forbes as a weapons expert, was he?
15 posted on 12/05/2024 4:11:20 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Apparatchik; delta7

Can’t be right. Delta7 said there was a deep crater and everything within 1.5 miles was leveled.


16 posted on 12/05/2024 4:14:02 PM PST by TexasGator (1/.1111'/1./')
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Probably the same experts who tell us “PUTLER WILL CONQUER EUROPE IF WE DON’T STOP HIM NOW!!!”, but also insist that he will never, EVER use nukes, no matter how much NATO escalates and backs him into a corner. “Top men”, for sure...


17 posted on 12/05/2024 4:14:49 PM PST by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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To: Who is John Galt?
Who is David Hambling? An apparatchik?

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18 posted on 12/05/2024 4:19:10 PM PST by Worldtraveler once upon a time (Degrow government)
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To: Worldtraveler once upon a time

So you only accept—and unquestioningly so—the analysis of certified and credentialed “experts”?

How very un-FR of you.

I prefer to listen to people who make common-sense, factually substantiated, and well reasoned arguments. Who do YOU listen to?


19 posted on 12/05/2024 4:20:23 PM PST by Apparatchik (Русские свиньи, идите домой!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“This time they carried no payload as a demonstration.

Next time they won’t be empty.”

Why were they “empty”?


20 posted on 12/05/2024 4:25:45 PM PST by TexasGator (1/.1111'/1./')
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