robin said:
Rubbish. Gorbi suggested massive reductions but reagun didn't wouldn't take up the offer unless he could keep SDI.
This is, of course, an out-and-out lie.
Reagan offered 100% elimination. Gorby said no.
Why ? because he had to keep the defense contracters that sponsor him satisfied or no more money for the next election campaign.
Um... This was 1986. Reagan wasnt running again.
You know nothing of why SDI cannot work.
Oh, I am -so- ready to be enlighted (by a middle-school student)!
Powerfull lasers from earth ionise the air turning it into plasma thereby blocking the laser beam. Heating of the air by lasers also causes twinking.
The lasers were to engage the missiles outside the atmosphere.
Whoops.
Lasers aimed from in space require large parabolic mirrors to make them parallel.
Light rays from a laser, any laser, EVERY lasers, are already parallel. No parabolic reflectors required.
The practical problems of pointing those mirrors & of having a laser in space of such power are enormous.
See above.
If we can put a man on the moon wit slide rules, we can put lasers in space.
The alternative to lasers would be charged particle beams, but they diverge due to repulsion of like particles. There are other reasons SDI was science fiction but you've had enough of my time simpleton.
If they;re anything like the reasons you've already given...
...then, clearly, you're the simpleton.
As regards guns & internet... Let me explain I said PICTURES of guns.. get it ?
Yes you did.
And you said "ponting pictures of guns at people".
Still wondering how you do that on the internet.
You mention the cold war was a confrontation between east & west.. seems like both sides won then. I mean how can you possibly claim to be the only victor ?
The Soviet bloc lost, as evidenced by the fact that it no longer exists -no way to argue that they won anything in any way. And yes, other countries befinitted fron the victory and other countries helped, but the vast majority of the work was done by the US.
Especially as the Soviet Union has 70% of the world's gas reserves & the USA owes 7 trillion bucks LOL
The USSR has 0% of te gas reserves... and that $7T is primarily due to social spending, which --always- outstrips defense spending.
You are being shafted by US arms companies making the government spend on the military as if the cold war is still on by spending millions lobbying in the pentagon, so I think the soviets have gained more from the end of cold war than you have !
The USSR no longer exists. they have gained nothing.
I've explained once why the Soviet economy needed glasnost & peristoika. It was the fundamental weakness in communist economies brought about the demise of the Soviet Union along with Gorbi having the sense to opt for reform.
And WHY did the USSR need economic reform?
Because it could not compete with the US, which was forcing it to spend FAR more on defense than if could afford to. if the USSR did not have to spend so much on its military, it most certainly would have lasted FAR longer that it did; that the USSR fell when it did because of its vast overspending on its military is most certainly a function of US actions and policies in the cold war.
WTF has that to do with the USA ?
Seems prertty clear to me.
Don't bother to answer.. please...
Whats the matter?
Dont like being shown that you;re wring?
I am done with your 'all American' macho man bullshit. You're posts are so hollow & ridiculous. You will get no further replies from me.
Ah yes... running away from a lost battle.
Typical.