NATO THINKS IT CAN WHIP RUSSIA. REALLY? TIME TO REIN IT IN.

 Vince Dhimos answered a question at Quora.

NATO's latest drills right at the Russian border are a clear-cut provocation and suggest NATO thinks it can successfully invade Russia. I answered 2 questions relating to this issue at Quora.
 
https://www.quora.com/Is-Putin-correct-in-saying-that-the-West-is-trying-to-catch-up-with-Russia-s-deployment-of-a-new-generation-of-strategic-nuclear-weapons/answer/Vince-Dhimos

Q: IS PUTIN CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THE WEST IS TRYING TO CATCH UP WITH RUSSIA’S DEPLOYMENT OF A NEW GENERATION OF STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS?
 
Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present)

It doesn’t matter what Putin said. It matters what US experts are saying, and it looks like they agree with the Russian president.
 
This is from National Interest, the flagship of the think tank Centre for the National Interest, which deals primarily with US defence issues.
 
Putin Makes a Startling Claim: Russia Is the World's Leader in Hypersonic Weapons
 
QUOTE:
 
“So, where does this leave the United States? In the short term, at a clear strategic disadvantage. Independent experts, including those at the National Defense Strategy Commission (NDSC), have raised concerns that the U.S. military is trailing Russia and China in the development of hypersonic delivery systems. When asked about the U.S. capacity to intercept an Avanguard-launched missile, US Air Force General John E. Hyten, the Commander of US Strategic Command point-blankly told Congress “we don’t have any defense that could deny the employment of such a weapon against us.”
 
“Earlier in 2019, the Pentagon awarded a contract to Dynetics Technical Solutions to manufacture a set of hypersonic glide body prototypes. But the fruits of those efforts are several years away, with the first units expected no sooner than 2023.”
 
Vince Dhimos then answered a related question at Quora.
 
https://www.quora.com/Are-the-USs-and-Russias-ICBMs-with-multiple-warheads-capable-of-striking-multiple-cities-hundreds-of-miles-apart-as-shown-in-movies-or-are-the-warheads-separation-limited-by-just-a-few-miles-and-would-need-to-all/answer/Vince-Dhimos
 
Q: ARE THE US’S AND RUSSIA’S ICBMS WITH MULTIPLE WARHEADS CAPABLE OF STRIKING MULTIPLE CITIES HUNDREDS OF MILES APART AS SHOW IN THE MOVIES, OR ARE THE WARHEADS’ SEPARATION LIMITED BY JUST A FEW MILES AND WOULD ALL NEED TO TO HIT THE SAME CITY?
 
Vince Dhimos, Editor-in-Chief at New Silk Strategies (2016-present)
 
The latest information I have is that the US has phased out MIRVs in 2014.
 
Russia not only still has them but is constantly improving them. The latest Russian ICBMs are hypersonic and cannot be intercepted. This was recently confirmed by Gen. John Hyten, commander of US Strategic Command. In other words, Russia has the US in check.
 
Here is what you need or know about the separation of the independant warheads:
 
Multiple Independently-targetable Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) - Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation
 
Warheads on MIRVed missiles can be released from the missile at different speeds and in different directions. Some MIRVed missiles can hit targets as far as 1,500 kilometers apart.
 
So no, independent warheads are not especially limited in distance, and those from the same missile can hit targets far removed from each other.
 
And yet NATO continues to hold drills at the very border of Russia, suggesting it thinks it can take on a country that is in fact superior in strength. Seems like suicide to me. Or more likely just a bluff.

Just another reason why NATO is way out of control and needs to be abolished before it gets us all blown up, as I showed here ​http://www.newsilkstrategies.com/news--analysis/eurexit-from-nato-needed.