{"id":37813,"date":"2022-11-29T18:33:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=37813"},"modified":"2022-11-29T18:33:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T00:33:47","slug":"about-your-alleged-delivery-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/11\/29\/about-your-alleged-delivery-system\/","title":{"rendered":"About Your Alleged Delivery System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to nuclear arms, they&#8217;re just not that different from, say, artillery shells or 500 pound bombs: <em>they have to be delivered to be effective<\/em>. So this poster, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailykos.com\/stories\/2022\/11\/27\/2138462\/-Ukraine-update-Why-are-there-suddenly-so-many-videos-of-Russian-forces-acting-like-zombies?detail=emaildkre&amp;pm_source=DKRE&amp;pm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reputedly<\/a> from the British <strong>Ministry of Defense<\/strong>, is fascinating:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37814\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?resize=550%2C309&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/brit-mod-russia-nuclear-missiles.jpg?resize=250%2C140&amp;ssl=1 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure analysts far brighter than I are chewing on these implications, but my mind is flooded regardless. Such things as these come to mind:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are we seeing the Russian nuclear strike force degrading with each hour? A nuclear missile sitting in a closet while its delivery system is used to disrupt and kill a few Ukrainians in Kyiv looks an awful lot like a lump of metal. Or does Russia have a vast oversupply of nuclear missile delivery systems?<\/li>\n<li>Was this a desperation move by officers tasked with the Ukraine mission?<\/li>\n<li>Or does President Putin know his nuclear force is diminishing?<\/li>\n<li>Does this say anything new about the Russian Army, or is there nothing left to say that&#8217;s new?<\/li>\n<li>While Putin qualifies as Russia&#8217;s <em>super patriot<\/em> in the minds of many, there are always citizens who are more patriotic than thou. How will <em>they<\/em> feel about this when the news gets out in Russia?<\/li>\n<li>Does this make it less likely that Russia will employ their nuclear strike force against Ukraine, or us, or <a href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/11\/27\/chinese-patience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">China<\/a>? Or more likely?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And are we nearing the conclusion of this bloody tragedy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to nuclear arms, they&#8217;re just not that different from, say, artillery shells or 500 pound bombs: they have to be delivered to be effective. So this poster, reputedly from the British Ministry of Defense, is fascinating: I&#8217;m sure analysts far brighter than I are chewing on these \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2022\/11\/29\/about-your-alleged-delivery-system\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37813"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37815,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37813\/revisions\/37815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}