Geo Political Risk

[Davexl]

China doesn't really have a navy, and russias is half a world away.

I'd like missile defence (patriot anti-missile) and drones. The drones will be useful when bushfires from climate change happen in nz.

Actually China's Navy is now larger than the US's in terms of number of ships - will try to find an article again in the morning

[Davexl]

Actually China's Navy is now larger than the US's in terms of number of ships - will try to find an article again in the morning

China Has World’s Largest Navy With 355 Ships and Counting, Says Pentagon

https://news.usni.org/2021/11/03/chi...eid=cc0f71bf89

Here's the article...

[BlackPeter]

China doesn't really have a navy, and russias is half a world away.

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Actually - The Chinese navy has more ships than the US navy ... and while they are smaller, they don't need to be that big given that they are much closer to any likely conflict zones (less need to carry fuel, supplies and spares). As well - a rocket launched from a small ship is as dangerous as a rocket launched from a large ship.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidax...h=36c16d29611d

[BlackPeter]

On the bright side, the NATO planes in Eastern Europe are still flying with transponders on.

But after Zelenskiy's speech, I don't think there's any way back now.


"We will not forgive the destroyed houses. We will not forgive the missile that our air defence shot down over Okhmatdyt today. And more than five hundred other such missiles that hit our land. All over Ukraine .. hit our people and children.

We will not forgive the shooting of unarmed people. Destruction of our infrastructure.

We will not forgive.

Hundreds and hundreds of victims. Thousands and thousands of sufferings.

And God will not forgive. Not today. Not tomorrow. Never.

And instead of Forgiveness, there will be a Day of Judgment. I’m sure of it.”

and

"How many such families have died in Ukraine?

We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land.

We will find every bastard who shot at our cities, our people, who bombed our land, who launched rockets.

There will be no quiet place on this earth for you. Except for the grave.”

You are right - whatever the Russian dictator and crook is doing and however it will end - Russia will pay for this crime for many generations to come. Ukrainians will hate Russians and they will kill them wherever they can because Russia attacked them without any provocation. The Russian crook sent his worst criminals to kill not just Ukrainian soldiers defending their home country against an unprovoked attack, but as well killing innocent Ukrainian civilians.

How could anybody forget and forgive that.

[nztx]

Who needs missile defence systems here, when we already have an abundant supply of resident drones

[Marilyn Munroe]

There are reports Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov will attend the next round of Russia - Ukraine negotiations.

Even if he does a Baghdad Bob act denouncing Ukrainian Nazis and blaming the "West" his attendance is a sign the Kremlin is beginning to recognize the pickle they are in.

Boop boop de do
Marilyn

[mike2020]

If what they are asking is all they want it does not seem that impossible. Crimea was Russian anyway and the two separatist states? And a commitment to neutrality? That's a short list really.

[Waltzing]

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/06/politics/mark-milley-ukraine-military-assistance/index.html

[Bjauck]

If what they are asking is all they want it does not seem that impossible. Crimea was Russian anyway and the two separatist states? And a commitment to neutrality? That's a short list really.

Crimea was Ottoman, autonomous, part of the Russian Empire, then Soviet, then Ukrainian.

New England was British. Should Biden give it up to Johnson?

[mike2020]

That's apples and oranges really. The Soviets gifted Crimea to Ukraine probably in a vodka induced state of generosity and have lived to regret it. I can't remember which leader but a lot of Soviet leaders were Ukrainian.