Russia Bans US Use of Its Rocket Engines For Military Launches

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday May 13, 2014 @05:01AM from the escalating-the-situation-by-not-allowing-escalation dept.

schwit1 sends word that Russia will now ban U.S. military satellite launches using Russian-made rockets. According to Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, this is retaliation for U.S. sanctions on high-tech items, put in place because of the dispute in the Ukraine. Rogozin also threatened to block U.S. plans to keep using the International Space Station beyond its 2020 mission end date. That's not all: 'Rogozin also said Russia will suspend the operation of GPS satellite navigation system sites in Russia from June and seek talks with Washington on opening similar sites in the United States for Russia's own system, Glonass. He threatened the permanent closure of the GPS sites in Russia if that is not agreed by September.'

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Re:suspend GPS? by jklovanc · 2014-05-13 05:12 · Score: 0, Flamebait

So suspending the GPS sites in Russia will make GPS less accurate in Russia. It will still be accurate enough to place a bomb so what does the US care?
what utter fucking bullshit by Anonymous Coward · 2014-05-13 05:56 · Score: 0, Flamebait

what utter, fucking, historically ignorant bullshit.
if your theory were in any way true, it would not have required the forced de-ukrainization of eastern ukraine in the 1930s, which stalin did.
your simplistic rewriting of history for the now twice invader of ukraine, is deplorable.
fuck you you fucking fascist.