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GGJohn

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57. The point is that in a conventional war, Russia would lose and lose badly,
Tue Jan 12, 2016, 11:17 AM
Jan 2016

Russia most certainly wouldn't wipe America off the floor, in a nuclear war, there would be no winners, just a smoking ruin of a world.

WTH are you talking about not engineering the Saturn V rocket?
It was used by NASA to launch the Apollo crews into space and the moon,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V

The Saturn V (spoken as "Saturn five&quot was an American human-rated expendable rocket used by NASA between 1966 and 1973.[6] The three-stage liquid-fueled launch vehicle was developed to support the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon, and was later used to launch Skylab, the first American space station. The Saturn V was launched 13 times from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with no loss of crew or payload. The Saturn V remains the tallest, heaviest, and most powerful rocket ever brought to operational status and still holds records for the heaviest payload launched and largest payload capacity to low Earth orbit (LEO) of 310,000 pounds (140,000 kg).[4][5]

The largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, the Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun and Arthur Rudolph at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM as the lead contractors. Von Braun's design was based in part on his work on the Aggregate series of rockets, especially the A-10, A-11, and A-12, in Germany during World War II.

To date, the Saturn V remains the only launch vehicle able to transport human beings beyond low Earth orbit. A total of 24 astronauts were launched to the Moon, three of them twice, in the four years spanning December 1968 through December 1972.

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Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen cantbeserious Jan 2016 #1
Hear! Hear! another_liberal Jan 2016 #2
I so agree newfie11 Jan 2016 #6
you must not be getting your require dose of the TV SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #9
Likely applies to all of the MIC. There would be so many jobs lost if world tensions RKP5637 Jan 2016 #3
Yes, I have no doubt . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #4
Mark Thomas Comedy product. Bad Dog Jan 2016 #5
"A bit dated," perhaps . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #12
The Pitfalls of Peace Octafish Jan 2016 #7
And if the one percent of our very rich didn't demand to live like Roman Emperors . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #10
If only there were an organization big enough to address such a problem. Octafish Jan 2016 #16
Eloquently illustrated . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #20
+1 dmr Jan 2016 #32
The US and Russia are the world's #1 and #2 top exporters of weapons of war, 31% US, 27% Russia Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #8
Think of all the engineering genius, developmental investment, and production capacity wasted . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #11
In both the US and in Russia. That's the part that is missing from your OP. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #13
Every hour of every day . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #14
A creative rationalize for your conspicuous and relevant absence. LanternWaste Jan 2016 #39
Aren't we in a suspicious mood today . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #40
Or on this very board. GGJohn Jan 2016 #41
Careful! another_liberal Jan 2016 #44
Oh, I believe somebody already has. GGJohn Jan 2016 #45
That's a very good point (nt) Recursion Jan 2016 #30
The new bogeyman is not Russia treestar Jan 2016 #15
Too true . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #19
Nice Putinist source you got there. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #17
Nice character assassination . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #18
Russia's a paper tiger who'd be nothing if not surrounded by countries lacking viable militaries. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #21
If you really think that is so . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #22
I spent ten years in the US Military. Long enough to be unafraid of Russia. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #23
How similar those claims are to some others made about Russia . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #24
Here's a hint for ya... re the last line of your post: Armies haven't marched for decades. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #25
Your argument is singularly unconvincing . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #28
Nobody is marching on Moscow. dmr Jan 2016 #33
Good! another_liberal Jan 2016 #34
That's some potent neo-con crack. nilesobek Jan 2016 #54
You really are clueless. GGJohn Jan 2016 #55
GG nilesobek Jan 2016 #56
The point is that in a conventional war, Russia would lose and lose badly, GGJohn Jan 2016 #57
You just aren't very well informed. nilesobek Jan 2016 #58
The point is we don't WANT to occupy Russia. To what end? Occupy Russia? IGNORE Russia. cherokeeprogressive Jan 2016 #59
9 of the top ten largest nilesobek Jan 2016 #60
Despite being government propaganda - when you waste money at the trillion dollar level Rex Jan 2016 #26
You post things like "Pooty Poot," and still . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #27
Why do you assume anyone cares what you think? Rex Jan 2016 #31
And . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #35
You post nothing but Russian propaganda, using Russian owned "news" sources, GGJohn Jan 2016 #37
I post the stories I find important . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #46
You post Russian propaganda, which I guess you find important GGJohn Jan 2016 #48
I'm not the one "pushing an agenda". . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #51
This is laughable. GGJohn Jan 2016 #52
Oh Sputniknews. Where would we be without you? Recursion Jan 2016 #29
Fox News! another_liberal Jan 2016 #36
Sputnik News is a wholly created, owned and run by the Russian govt for the espress GGJohn Jan 2016 #38
That is your belief . . . another_liberal Jan 2016 #42
Not a belief, but a fact. GGJohn Jan 2016 #43
You wonder? another_liberal Jan 2016 #47
Oh, I know, just wondering if you'll confirm it. eom GGJohn Jan 2016 #49
Calling me a liar again? another_liberal Jan 2016 #50
And I will repeat myself again. GGJohn Jan 2016 #53
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