New START Treaty

The west would never admit that Israel has nuclear weapons but would insist that Iran takes part in the talks.

LMFS wrote:

Plasma fields used for aerodynamic purposes

Wow sounds a little fantastic. Maybe you have links to some studies on this technology ?


I just found something like this

Their action is based on focusing beams of electromagnetic energy produced by laser or microwave radiation into the upper layers of the atmosphere….A cloud of highly ionized air arises at the focus of the laser or microwave rays, at an altitude of up to 50 kilometers. Upon entering it, any object--a missile, an airplane, is deflected from its trajectory and disintegrates in response to the fantastic overloads arising due to the abrupt pressure difference …What is fundamental in this case is that the energy aimed by the terrestrial components of the plasma weapon--lasers and antennas--is concentrated not at the target itself but a little ahead of it. Rather than "incinerating" the missile or airplane, it "bumps" it out of trajectory. wrote:

believe it is radar, they can detect the trails of the subs even when very minimal. But don't take my word for it, I have not researched that enough. wrote:

https://fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/detection.pdf . It's an old article but quite interesting.

At 30 km the air pressure is 1% of surface pressure and the density is about the same since both fall off exponentially with height
with the same temperature dependent e-folding "constant". Ionizing this air may be good for EM interference but it has no
physical impact of substance in terms of direct ion attack. In terms of any density variation, there is none by definition since
both positive and negative ions result in from any ionization and have equal total charges per unit volume.

If by magic only a single-sign charge plasma was produce it would disperse the air density in seconds. Any object going through
this low density layer would not be "shocked" into debris, it would experience less drag. When it re-enters the denser layer below
it would not hit a brick wall because

1) no step function in height ionization is possible thanks to rapid mixing process and diffusion of the ionizing radiation (laser, etc.)

2) it's not like an object going through the magical evacuated later above will gain an enormous MACH value, it will just
accelerate marginally from having less drag and being pulled by gravity.

Again, no real change in density is possible through ionization. It is heating of the gas that affects the density. A weapon
like this is lame since it needs numerous nuclear bomb levels of energy for an impact that will only change the air drag on the
target.

Putin signs bill on extending New START into law

According to the Kremlin press service, the federal law enters into force on the day of its official publication

MOSCOW, January 29. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into a law a bill extending the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) until February 5, 2026, the Kremlin press service said in a statement published on its website.

"The federal law ratifies the agreement on extending the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty between the Russian Federation and the United States, dated April 8, 2010, which Russia and the US made on January 26, 2021, through an exchange of notes," the statement reads.

According to the Kremlin press service, the federal law enters into force on the day of its official publication.

"The extension of the treaty is in line with Russia’s national interests as it makes it possible to maintain transparency and predictability in strategic relations between Russia and the US and preserve global strategic stability. Besides, it will have a positive effect on the international situation, contributing to the nuclear disarmament process," the statement adds.

New START, which was signed in 2010 and came into force in 2011, limits Russia and the US to no more than 700 deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) and strategic bombers, no more than 1,550 deployed warheads and 800 deployed and non-deployed launchers.

Moscow repeatedly urged Washington not to delay a decision on extending the treaty, which was set to expire on February 5, 2021. However, the Trump administration was reluctant to extend the treaty and insisted on expanding it to include China, but Beijing rejected the idea.

Joe Biden administration took a different position. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said at a briefing on January 22 that the US authorities sought to extend the treaty for five years.

On January 26, Moscow and Washington exchanged notes on extending New START. Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Joseph Biden of the United States welcomed the move in a telephone call. On the same day, Putin submitted a bill on extending New START for five years to the State Duma (the lower house of parliament).

https://tass.com/politics/1250613

So what do you think the Plasma field is supposed to work against against ballistic weapons and aerodynamic targets ?

GarryB wrote:
Sounds like psuedo science desperate for funding...

I agree. That's why I don't know what Mindstorm is talking about with this statement

- Complete the R&D programs for the new strategic air-space defense systems based on previously not capitalised physical phenomenons (by several specialist assessments this will enormously depreciate, if not render almost irrelevant by the second half of this century, today arsenal of nuclear weapons with classical ballistic vectors). wrote:

https://www.mid.ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/4551078

Statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry on the Extension of the START Treaty

On February 3, the Russian Foreign Ministry exchanged notes with the US Embassy on the completion of internal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the agreement on the extension of the Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms of April 8, 2010 (START). Accordingly, this agreement entered into force on the same day. Thus, the Treaty will operate in the form as it was signed, without any changes or additions, until February 5, 2026. The telephone conversation between President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and US President J. Biden on January 26 this year.

This ensured the preservation and further functioning of the core mechanism for maintaining strategic stability, on a strictly parity basis limiting the nuclear missile arsenals of the parties. Taking into account the special responsibility of Russia and the United States as the largest nuclear powers, an important decision was made that guarantees the necessary level of predictability and transparency in this area, while strictly observing the balance of interests.

We hope that the understanding reached with Washington regarding the fate of the treaty, which is cornerstone for international security, will help overcome the tendency that has prevailed in recent years as a result of the destructive US policy toward breaking arms control and nonproliferation mechanisms. Significant efforts will be required to return the Russian-American dialogue in this area to a stable trajectory, to achieve new major results that strengthen our national security and strategic stability in the world.

Russia is ready for such work. We call on the United States to show an equally responsible approach and respond constructively to our respective initiatives.

US notified by Russia of steps to prolong New START

Washington hopes that the treaty will be extended soon, US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan said

MOSCOW, February 3. /TASS/. The US has been notified by Russia of the procedures held to prolong the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), and Washington hopes that this process will be concluded soon, US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan said on Wednesday.

"Yes," he said, answering a corresponding question.

"We continue to make progress in the steps that are necessary to extend the treaty, which is the intent of both sides. My expectation is that that will be accomplished very soon," he stated.

On January 26, Moscow and Washington exchanged diplomatic notes on an agreement to extend New START. In a telephone conversation on the same day, Russian and US presidents, Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden, expressed satisfaction over this fact. Later in the day, the Russian president submitted to the State Duma (lower parliament house) a bill on the ratification of the agreement on five-year extension of New START, until February 5, 2026.

The bill was signed into law on January 29. According to the Kremlin press service, the extension of the treaty is in Russia’s national interests as it makes it possible to ensure transparency and predictability in strategic relations between Russia and the United States and maintain strategic stability in the world.

https://tass.com/politics/1252257

LMFS wrote:START has been renewed, a good thing, maybe the only one, we could expect from Bribem

Russia should not sign any treaties with the US. The United States does not obey them. Before they left ABM, they were breaking this treaty, and so was the INF. It is Russia that has the advantage in strategic and tactical nuclear ballistic missiles.

LMFS wrote:START has been renewed, a good thing, maybe the only one, we could expect from Bribem

The clown and his handlers had no choice. They are not in any position to get a better deal out of Russia. Clearly they
are hoping to keep the Russian ICBM arsenal restrained while they come up with a fix for their flopped ABM shield.

https://twitter.com/M_S_Billingslea/status/1365663287707398144

Russia should never cancel Poseidon and Burevestnik. You can see how much pain they cause in the US, even though they are not in service yet.

Arrow wrote:https://twitter.com/M_S_Billingslea/status/1365663287707398144

Russia should never cancel Poseidon and Burevestnik. You can see how much pain they cause in the US, even though they are not in service yet.

Yeah, by his logic Russia should just shelve the whole country.

The US establishment is delusional.   It is so used to dealing with 3rd world loser elites that sell their countries down the
river and so-called first world ones that do the same (e.g. the EU, Canada, Australia, etc.) that it thinks that only America
is a real country.   These clowns don't realize that the 1990 system flip in Russia is not a chronic state but a rare historical
moment.   They lost their chance to turn Russia into a banana republic in the 1990s.   When Putin took over it was game
over.   They have been in denial since.   Instead of accepting reality they think that they "will put Russian in its place".
More like they will be the ones who will be put in their place as they break their teeth trying to bite Russia.

As I have posted more than once, Russia today is more ready to stave off foreign aggression than at any time in its history
going back over a thousand years.   That is not hyperbole, it is cold hard fact.   Even the command economy USSR of
1940 was nowhere near as ready.   If the hubris filled yanquis understood what has transpired since 1999 in Russia, they
would not be so cocky.   Their plans for Ukraine style decomposition have not only flopped they have been driven in
reverse.   The 2014 sanctions spasm has only made Russia stronger.   And Putin has achieved this real miracle without
any tyrannical measures like attempted by his predecessors.   Russia is stronger because it does not have an idiot in
charge trying to force a desired result.   The western projection of "dictatorship" on Russia is pathetic and part of its
rabid denial of reality when it comes to Russia and so many other issues.

https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/mar/12/trident-nuclear-warhead-numbers-set-to-increase-for-first-time-since-cold-war?__twitter_impression=true

Start extended now UK increases strategic arsenal.