Posted on 06/25/2025 10:40:00 PM PDT by delta7
Russia is increasing production of its Oreshnik missile system as NATO pledges an additional $40 billion to Ukraine. The nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile is a powerful system with the capacity to travel 3,415 miles, effectively enabling Russia to strike anywhere in the West from Europe to the United States.
“Serial production of the latest Oreshnik medium-range missile system is under way,” Putin told a graduating class of military cadets in televised comments. The system became operational on November 21, 2024, and used in an attack whereby it carried multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) payload and six warheads that were each capable of releasing submunitions.
The first use of the system involved dummy warheads that still caused destruction due to hypersonic kinetic energy. It is widely believed that the first use of the Orsenhnik system was more of a psychological move than an actual strike. In fact, Moscow notified Washington 30 minutes before deploying the missile. Moscow wanted to reveal to the world that it is ready to employ this new lethal technology.
This technology effectively intimidates the West with its long-range capabilities, although Moscow states it is only ramping up production of its mid-range missile system. Moscow needs the West and NATO to know that it has the capacity to attack if cornered. Putin has claimed that this weapon cannot be intercepted and has the capacity to evade missile defense systems.
Traveling at 3 km per second, existing defense systems simply would not have the time to act. The Oreshnik can also be controlled mid-flight through aerodynamic control surfaces or gliding warheads, which masks its route. Putin has also stated that this system has the power to ruin underground targets without using nuclear payloads.
It remains to be seen whether the Oreshnik missile system is “impossible to intercept,” as Putin claims. The weight behind the increased production is a clear indicator that Russia is preparing to defend itself against NATO if needed. These weapons would benefit Russia in a global conflict and are not necessarily strategically necessary for its current battle in Ukraine.
IBTG.
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IBTS
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In Before The Splash?
Why is NATO giving money to Ukraine???
It’s Russian money from sanctions-frozen assets.
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“de plan, de plan..”
More “Wunderwaffe” claims from Adolf Putler himself, tryna scare the West. How many did they actually fire? One, and there are reports that a second one (the only other one they had) failed.
Not buying it on the word of an ex-KGB operative and a felon who was convicted for fraud and now works for the Kremlin.
Some here are cheapskate isolationists as far as Ukraine goes. They claim they are neutral.....So they help Russia by not giving Ukraine a dime.
While you are a straight up Putin lovin Putinista.
Same here. People are often using acronyms like this or whatever the hell they are.
I asked a Freeper once what one of his meant and he made me out to be stupid for not knowing. His conglomeration of letters could not be defined on Google or anywhere else. I concluded the goofball was the clown with all the dumb letters as a reply.
“Okay, I give. What’s IBTG, IBTS?”
We love our acronyms here because space to reply is limited to only a small number of characters. /s. If you can’t figure out the acronym, like I often can’t, skip reading the reply. It’s only important to the author anyway. /s
When will the West and Russia figure out that Islam is destroying their nations from within and unite to stop the common enemy? This is so tiresome.
The Russians have a long, long, history of exaggerating their weapons systems abilities, whereas the West has a history of understating ours.
“But western MSM has stated numerous times Russia is running out of missiles and ammunition….a very informative Oreshnik video is embedded in the site.”
Yup. And Russia and China also have stealth bombers.
“But western MSM has stated numerous times Russia is running out of missiles and ammunition….a very informative Oreshnik video is embedded in the site.”
If Russia wants to take back it’s former territory that’s between them and the Ukraine. Not my business, or yours.
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FTLOG!!!
Oh, I’m sure Putin will take that lying down. 🙄
That's because many westerners take Russia's official defense spending numbers seriously, when they shouldn't.
According to official Russian numbers, Russia's 2025 military budget is only $145 billion, or about 7% of Russia's nominal GDP of $2.1 trillion.
Yes, 7% is a lot -- the last time US defense spending reached 7% of GDP was during the Vietnam War.
Today the US spends less than half that much -- about 3.3% is the latest number I saw.
Many westerners simply cannot imagine Russia supporting a massive war in Ukraine while maintaining large forces near Finland, the Baltics and in Eastern Russia, all for only $145 billion per year, when US defense spending is now around $1 trillion.
Therefore, western reports suppose that Russia must be "cheating" on something, most likely in ammunition & hardware.
The problem is that $145 billion figure for Russia is basically useless, beginning with the fact that it's a nominal number, not based on Purchasing Power Parity (PPP).
Once converted to PPP, $145 billion becomes ~$500 billion, already a more realistic comparison.
But that's only the beginning.
The real number begins here:
WHY do people keep posting Martin “Ex-Con” Armstrong on here? The guy appears to be an attention-grabbing fraud.
Here are part of his first takes on the USA B-2 and other asset strikes on the nuke facilities in Iran. He was giving credence that the attack was FAKE and might not have occurred at all
Armstrong, in part, on 6-23-25
“While many are calling this attack on Iran just theater and that Trump had to pretend he bombed Iran since there appears to be no significant damage, regardless of whether it was real or not, the shock in the Arab world is real, and this is still the beginning, not the end.”
Huh?
Also Armstrong: “Trump had to pretend he bombed Iran”
again, huh?
The critical thinking skills of people who keep posting this clown’s ravings are questionable.
IBQWERTY
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