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Next time either he should either lead the way or devise plan on how Nato takes Crimea back.
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Western drivel.
Russia was waiting for someone from Sweden for ratification of its superpower status.
Point of fact. As long as Russia remains the only nation on earth that can obliterate the United States, it will continue to share superpower status.
And that is not going to change in the distant future.
Russia can not 'obliterate' the United States, not even close.
But make no mistake, in terms of nuclear weapons, Russia and USA are the only true nuclear superpowers that can flatten the earth 20 times over.
then they should be presented a hydro bomb,and steam roll that countryRussia is nowhere near a superpower – Swedish economist
Politics
Sunday 05 april, 2015, 11:52
Russia is nowhere near a superpower – Swedish economist
The arguments that, as a superpower, Russia can have some geopolitical claims on Ukraine, hold no water, a renowned Swedish economist and Peterson World Economy Institute researcher, Anders Aslund says, Novy region reports Apr. 5.
Russia’s GDP is merely 2.9% of the world one and 6% of those of NATO countries.
Russia’s defense budget is 10 times lower than that of the NATO countries, Aslund points out.
“Why should Russia be allowed to place itself above the law even if it doesn’t qualify for a superpower?” Aslund asks the proponents of Russia’s “special geopolitical role.”
The expert also questions the assumption that Vladimir Putin bases his decisions on rational grounds.
“Putin is wrapped up in the belief that US special services are behind all revolutions in the world. Accordingly, Ukrainians could not have toppled the corrupt Yanukovych regime on their own.
It takes a complete paranoic to think so, the expert concludes.
then why is America desperate to run away from Afghanistan, and you ran away from iraq with unfinished job, no guts to send ground troops to fight ISIS, where is the super powers of the Americans, Americans rant about fighting AELIANSRussia is not the superpower that USSR once was.
Russia doesn't have the industrial power of USSR, nor the scientific and technological power.
It doesn't even have the sphere of influence over eastern europe, central asia, and various communist state that it once had.
In terms of military power, USSR had the largest air force and tank force in the world. It could probably fight all of western europe in a conventional war to a stalemate. Russia on the other hand would get decimated.
But make no mistake, in terms of nuclear weapons, Russia and USA are the only true nuclear superpowers that can flatten the earth 20 times over.
And you think US doesn't have capability to shoot down missiles from midair? Russia has no foreign bases, which means they'd have to fire from their own soil. Which means Russian missiles can take upto an hour to reach US.At last count, even post the SALT treaties, each country still maintains close to 10,000 nukes each. For the size and yield USSR/Russia has (as does the USA, though some of the Russian thermonukes are way bigger - proven demonstratedly bigger), and at the standard 3 nuke per city nuclear targetter algorithm (replace city with hardened targets, civilian installations, dams, power grids, rail grids, communication grids, silos, command centers, etc.), do the math ......
And you think US doesn't have capability to shoot down missiles from midair? Russia has no foreign bases, which means they'd have to fire from their own soil. Which means Russian missiles can take upto an hour to reach US.
US has bases in Turkey and eastern Europe. The can hit Russia in under 10 minutes. That is too fast to react, unless Russia has automatic systems which I doubt.
And you think US doesn't have capability to shoot down missiles from midair? Russia has no foreign bases, which means they'd have to fire from their own soil. Which means Russian missiles can take upto an hour to reach US.
US has bases in Turkey and eastern Europe. The can hit Russia in under 10 minutes. That is too fast to react, unless Russia has automatic systems which I doubt.
Systema "Perimetr"US has bases in Turkey and eastern Europe. The can hit Russia in under 10 minutes. That is too fast to react, unless Russia has automatic systems which I doubt.
To put things in perspective, Russian economy is 1/10th of the U.S., and it's GDP is roughly the same as Texas.
Russia is nowhere near a superpower – Swedish economist
No country can become a superpower without a hard currency.
And Russia is far from it.
Russia is a very unrealistic in the geopolitical situation.
It just a matter of time before Russia became an isolated country.
Backwater and Bankrupt.
Russia can not 'obliterate' the United States, not even close.
Ukraine is becoming a failed state, follow the Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria.....
Ukraine has too many foolish Politician on the world, EU and Russia all need Ukraine, Ukraine has chance to balance every power and get what she want as a country, but foolish Politician invited every big power into Ukraine and let the country become a war field
Next time either he should either lead the way or devise plan on how Nato takes Crimea back.
that's interesting, worth reading more about it...And Russia has an automatic nuclear launch AI system called Perimetr/Dead hand ,a sort of Russian Skynet which will come online if the Russian president or the general staff is killed a nuclear attack.