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It seems that Russia is getting a bit competitive, to say the least. The latest development: A new potential Cold War?

 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/russia-unveils-its-lethal-father-of-all-bombs/2007/09/12/1189276808780.html?page=2

Russia unveils its lethal father of all bombs

 

The new bomb comes as Russia and the US appear to be reneging on nuclear arms limitation treaties signed during the Cold War and after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

 

The head of a Russian foreign policy think tank on Tuesday warned that the two countries were on the brink of a new Cold War involving "an unrestricted nuclear and conventional arms race".

 

That's all the world needs, and i'm not blaming Russia alone here, the US are at it too.

Any Russian news of this? (deardron?)

 

At the same time Putin seems to be attempting to lead the peace brokerage with nuclear Iran:

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/10/24/005.html

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I read about this a few weeks ago. It is not new technology in any respect. They have maybe taken it and made it more effective but the technology has been around for decades.

 

It seems to me that the way the world is going at the moment if we took away all of Americas weapons then a lot of the current and potential wars/threats would cease to exist.

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. If Russia pulled out off Britain tomorrow, we'd be screwed! (food for thought)

 

Fancy elaborating on that one Medzi? :wink:

 

@ Pooks - I know the technology has been around since vietnam, perhaps earlier. The recent point, was that the americans developed on they called "The Mother of all Bombs", which the Russians have 'responded' to with a bigger one called "The Father of all Bombs".

 

"Oh those Russians" - Boney M, circa 1978

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I first read about Anglo/Russian business relations in an article in the 'Moneyweek' magazine, which to my mind is a fairly credible publication, but unfortunately I can't find it now.

 

To paraphrase—The Kremlin wants to turn Moscow into a major financial centre, but this is going to take some time. Meanwhile, more and more Russian businesses are being listed on the LSE, and Russia currently needs Britain if it is to be part of the world economy.

 

I may have been slightly over the top in saying we'd be screwed without them, but they certainly put a lot into our economy and vice versa.

 

http://www.ocnus.net/artman2/publish/Business_1/British_Firms_Say_Teamwork_Necessary.shtml

 

British foreign direct investment in Russia was $15 billion in the first half of 2007 alone, while 40 percent of all listings on the London Stock Exchange last year came out of Russia.
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I must admit I find this whole situation extremely unnerving:

 

Russian warning on Nato ships

 

RUSSIA has issued a stark warning over what it says is a build-up of Nato ships in the Black Sea, as tensions rise to their highest level since the outbreak of hostilities in Georgia.

The missile destroyer USS McFaul is already off the coast, with the US Coastguard ship Dallas docked in Georgia's port of Batumi, both to show support for the Caucasus nation. Washington has now ordered the flagship of its 6th Fleet, the sophisticated command ship Mount Whitney, into the area, saying it will deliver humanitarian supplies. But the flotilla has angered the Kremlin.

 

Dmitry Rogozin, the Russian ambassador to Nato, warned against western interference in Georgia's two breakaway regions, saying: "If Nato takes military actions against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, acting solely in support of Tbilisi, this will mean a declaration of war on Russia."

 

Add to this the proposed US missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, and it doesn't really make for very promising East/West relations.

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more short term memory loss. there was this country that wanted to protect its ethnic peoples in neighbouring countries. first it was the rhinelands then austria. then parts of the chech state then the rest of that country and then poland. a former pm said that why should we go to war for a distant country he came home waving a bit of paper saying peace in our time.

 

now your going to say but its diffrent this time. well when a country can totally waste chechna because they wanted freedom its no diffrent than what the germans did in poland. now the georgians were very stupid to try to recover there own territory. but its theres by international law.

 

if you think that russia is going to be our friendly neigbour get this streight. they are not. they threatened the ukraine with war. they have been patroling our airdefences with there bombers.

 

we must de strong and not apease them. if they start rearming then we must. if they target us then we must respond. if any of the former repressed states of the old ussr want to join nato let them. we maybe dependent on there gas. but lets see them survive without our money.

 

its very worrying, lets just hope we dont have to go through what our parents, grandparents had to.

sorry my writing did make it look like i was promoting a war. this is not so.

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