Comments by "Gary VAQ" (@stlouisix1) on "French elections. Elensky curse week. Biden oligarchy will decide. Orban, EU wants war with Russia" video.
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Remember when the narrative was that it was Russia totally reliant on Western-supplied parts in its weaponry? Here an American general literally admits the entire U.S. military structure would collapse in a day if China issued an embargo against them:
If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said.
A startling report released earlier this year revealed Chinese firms have a stranglehold across 12 critical technologies that are vital to US national security, including nuclear modernization, hypersonic and space technologies.
The study, which was carried out by defense software firm Govini, delivered a damning indictment on the American armaments industry.
'U.S. domestic production capacity is a shriveled shadow of its former self,'
'Crucial categories of industry for U.S. national defense are no longer built in any of the 50 states.'
How the tides have turned.
It seems the West is slowly coming to its awakening moment: it stands no chance in a long term conflict against the manufacturing powerhouse of the Russia-China-North Korea-Iran bloc.
In the meantime, Russia continues to build up its military potential and asymmetrically respond to the West’s aggression.
On top of that, Putin has now announced that Russia may resume manufacturing medium range ballistic missiles—precisely the kinds banned by the previous INF treaty which the U.S. abrogated:
Russia has now stated the West is in danger of having its ties officially downgraded in their entirety by Russia:
As many know, Russia moves very slowly—slow to saddle, fast to ride, as the mot goes—but when it does, it moves with heavy, enduring consequence.
As I said, all the while, Russia is building up its resources and offensive potential. Unlike the West’s own dismal showing and inability to translate platitudes into action, Russia is sticking to its plans and promises:
Russian missiles wiped out another officer’s billet in Kharkov, killing at least 15 AFU and wounding dozens more.
The Russian rear strikes are doing massive damage—here’s another from today which blew away an entire Ukrainian train said to be full of armaments and Western gear: - Simplicius
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No way to make this pretty. Donald Trump’s decision in 2019 to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF), which was negotiated during the Presidency of Ronald Reagan, is one reason that Vladimir Putin announced that Russia will start producing medium-range missiles:
This is an elaborate and potentially deadly game of international chess. The US withdrew from the INF. Russia held its fire and did not launch a program to build such missile systems. Now, after the United States brought these weapon systems to Europe and conducted a military exercise that simulated an attack on Russia, Putin effectively announced that Russia will start building a new group of medium-range cruise and ballistic missiles with an effective range of 500 to 5,000 kilometers.
Given the decrepit state of the Western industrial capacity, it is highly likely that Russia, as it has done with hypersonic missiles, will dramatically outpace and outproduce the West in bringing these new missiles as just one more weapon system it can employ against the West, if needed.
Putin’s decision comes on the heels of a report warning that the United States is incapable of producing essential, high-tech weapons without continuing support from China: - Sonar21
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