Ukraine

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BCP,
Thanks for the montage of nuclear weapon near misses. It should give anyone pause for thought. The old MAD doctrine was semi-reasonable with
just a few stable nuclear powers, but it had some really
close misses. With more nuclear states, less stable
regimes all over, hypervelocity delivery systems emerging, more complex and automated systems, we are probably closer to atomic clock countdown then ever. Throw in a few folks all over that believe there
is such a thing as winnable nuclear war and some
fanatic in the launch chain, and it’s amazing we have
made 70-80 years in the nuclear weapons age.

So outstanding question I have for our military folks,
is MAD still relevant and belief in Star Wars missile defenses ?

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What appeared to be a splendid little political diversion is spiraling out of control. The German chancellor is in Washington, the French Prime Minister is in Moscow trying to avert a war.

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On that note, it was on the day of opening ceremonies in Beijing in 2008 that Russia invaded Georgia.

Now that the Olympics are in Beijing again…will Russia invade another country?

Time will tell!

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For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter? “
How the nation of Ukraine ranks:
1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world’s reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world’s volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an industrialized country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
2-е Europe’s and 4th largest natural gas pipeline system in the world (142.5 bln cubic meters of gas throughput capacity in the EU);
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world’s largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).

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Maybe we should offer them statehood. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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All that may be true…BUT…

As I posted…it’s also BLOODY POOR!!!

It’s the second poorest country in Europe; only Moldova (barely) is poorer. Even lowly Albania is richer.

You would think that with all those resources, it would become prosperous. Not so though.

Can anyone think why? I don’t really know.

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On the Big Mac Index (cost to buy a big Mac meal) is has one of the lowest cost in the world $2.39USD. Means it has a very poor economy

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They should join the SEC.

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You would think that with all those resources, it would become prosperous. Not so though.

Can anyone think why? I don’t really know.

If I may , I’d like to answer on Chris’s behalf - CORRUPTION ! COMMUNISM ! THE SWAMP !
UT !

You may thank me later.

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Much obliged!

:wink:

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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The Great Satan you left off.

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Johnny: Impressive statistics. Seems this is a good explanation as to why Russia covets Ukraine.

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Ukraine has historically been Russia’s bread basket. In many ways Ukraine is similar to Mexico. They have major natural resources that should rank them at the top of the worldwide economics powers.
The culprits?
Clearly the great satan and the stinky rodent according to jess2 and yes nrgcoog historically Ukraine has been one of the most corrupted country in the region. The corruption is in direct relation with Russia. The burisma example is most timely for all of your naysayers to actually study and understand why (you know already) why hynter biden got in. By the way this form of hiring is legal but for sure it has terrible optics. We all know why…or some of you do why this was portrayed by the mainstream press as an invention. Sure it was. Accusing someone of Russian collusion while hunter is collecting his money for the ice cream man Paul Harvey would say:
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