Russian RS-28 Sarmat
There are two myths which are deeply imprinted in the minds of most US Americans which are extremely dangerous and which can result in a war with Russia.
- The first myth is the myth of the US military superiority.
- The second myth is the myth about the US invulnerability.
I believe that it is therefore crucial to debunk these myths before they end up costing us millions of lives and untold suffering.
In my
latest piece for the Unz Review I discussed the reasons why the US armed forces are
nowhere nearly as advanced as the US propaganda machine would have us believe. And even though the article was a discussion of Russian military technologies I only gave one example, in passing, of Russian military technologies by comparing the T-50 PAKFA to the US F-35 (if you want to truly get a feel for the F-35 disaster, please read
this and
this). First, I am generally reluctant to focus on weapons systems because I strongly believe that, in the vast majority of real-world wars, tactics are far more important than technologies. Second, Andrei Martyanov, an expert on Russian military issues and naval warfare, has recently written two excellent pieces on Russian military technologies (see
here and
here) which gave many more examples (check out Martyanov's
blog). Having read some of the comments posted under Martyanov's and my articles, I think that it is important, crucial, in fact, to drive home the message to those who still are thoroughly trained by the propaganda machine to instantly dismiss any notion of US vulnerability or, even more so, technological inferiority. I am under no illusion about the capability of those who still watch the idiot box to be woken out of their lethargic stupor by the warnings of Paul Craig Roberts, William Engdal, Dmitrii Orlov, Andrei Martyanov or myself. But I also think that we have to keep trying, because the
war party (the Neocon Uniparty) is apparently trying really hard to trigger a conflict with Russia. So what I propose to do today is to connect the notions of "war with Russia" and "immediate and personal suffering" by showing that if Russia is attacked two of the most sacred symbols of the USA, aircraft carriers and the US mainland itself, would be immediately attacked and destroyed.
Comment: The US has so completely lost the plot that one can only hope they don't push their luck too far. Russia does not pose any threat to anybody however they are more than prepared (and equipped) to take care of any threats to them. All with a budget approximately
8 times less than what the US has spent on their military budget. Though it's understandable that the US would spend so much more: the amount of waste and corruption in the military industrial complex is unprecedented. From
no-contract bids to "
destroying equipment", and defense contractors producing
inferior equipment, there's no end to the myriad of ways that the American tax payer is being ripped off when it comes to military spending.
Comment: CNN can't seem to help themselves by throwing some digs at Melania Trump, subtly berating her capacity as First Lady because she's a "Slovenian immigrant and former fashion model."