As the Cold War experience demonstrates, only strong public pressure could force reluctant leaders of the global arms race to reconsider their militant positions
According to recent findings of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the total global defense expenditures in 2023 reached a staggering $2.44 trillion. SIPRI's annual Trends in ...
..., including when it comes to making combined-cycle or hybrid propulsion systems for hypersonic vehicles that would allow a reusable reconnaissance/strike
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to be created. Nevertheless, the Russian achievements came as an unpleasant surprise for ... ... solution for ensuring a decisive military advantage over a technically lacking adversary. Those countries lagging behind in the arms race may perceive hypersonic weapons as a critical and potentially disarming threat to an unfriendly neighbor.
In the art ...
... ‘domino effect’
The key problem in the Russia-West relations is a grave credibility crisis. The Skripal case that led to the accusation of the Kremlin of poisoning former Russian spy and his daughter, the diplomatic crisis that resulted from the expulsion ... ... become fatal.
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, IS terrorists might boost their activity amidst the Moscow–Washington confrontation.
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, a new arms race may create the environment of greater distrust globally: other countries will be interested in developing their military ...
How likely is a new arms race to begin? Are the latest actions of Russia and the U.S. going to lead to a new Cold War or will they become a starting ... ... challenge the states are facing today. Governments should not blame each other, they should cooperate. Countries are exchanging accusations, as they did during the Cold War. Then all issues were discussed, whereas now diplomats cannot meet and negotiate. It ...
... Ukraine solution on the horizon, the Central and Northern Europeans will not be able to relax, but rather will go forward with the arms race.
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Don't put the mankind back to 1980's
American efforts to develop Prompt Global Strike systems have caught the attention of Russian leaders and experts for some time. Amidst deteriorating Russia-US relations, these efforts are perceived rather warily by the Russian side and often treated as a threat to the strategic stability and national security of Russia. To find out if these concerns are justified, we must look closely into the matter.
The emergence of the concept
The US military idea of Prompt...
... beginning of a new round of arms race between the U.S. and Russia?
Alexander Saveliev
, IMEMO RAN, Russia:
I don’t see any reason for serious concerns about the strategic offensive arms in non-nuclear configuration
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James Acton, Garnegie Foundation, USA
:
A U.S.-Russian arms race in strategic conventional weapons is an unfortunate possibility—but it is not an inevitability
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Alexander Saveliev
Alexander Saveliev: I don’t see any reason for serious concerns about the strategic offensive arms in non-nuclear ...