Ezek 39:1-7

1 "And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal;
2 "and I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
3 "Then I will knock the bow out of your left hand, and cause the arrows to fall out of your right hand.
4 "You shall fall upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you to birds of prey of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
5 "You shall fall on the open field; for I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.
6 "And I will send fire on Magog and on those who live in security in the coastlands. Then they shall know that I am the LORD.
7 "So I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name anymore. Then the nations shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. (NKJ)

: Putin delivered a threatening sermon against Russia's enemies

: Boasting that Russia's nuclear arsenal has already surpassed

: its competitors, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a
: fire and brimstone warning to his nuclear rivals Oct. 18,
: 2018.

: In the event of a nuclear war, "the aggressor should know
: that retaliation is inevitable, and he will be
: destroyed," Putin said at an international policy
: forum in Sochi. "We would be victims of an aggression
: and would get to go to heaven as martyrs. They will simply
: drop dead. They won't even have time to repent."

: "We have run ahead of the competition," he bragged.

: "No one has precision hypersonic weapons. Others are
: planning to start testing them within the next 1½ to 2
: years, and we already have them on duty," Putin
: claimed, potentially referencing the Kinzhal air-launched
: hypersonic missile.

: The Avangard hypersonic boost-glide vehicle, which Putin said
: can travel up to 20 times the speed of sound, hitting a
: target "like a meteorite, like a ball of fire,"
: is set to enter service in the near future.

: This weapon can reportedly carry a conventional or nuclear
: warhead with an explosive yield ranging from 150 kilotons
: to one megaton, the Russian news outlet TASS introduced in
: March 2018.

: The US military, facing competition from both Russia and China
: on hypersonic weapons, is scrambling to catch up. The Army,
: Navy, and Air Force are jointly working to develop advanced
: hypersonic systems for next-level warfighting. The US is
: also interested in modernizing its nuclear arsenal.

: While Putin delivered his message focused on the nuclear
: destruction of Russia's enemies, he insisted that his
: country would never strike first.

: "Only when we become convinced that there is an incoming
: attack on the territory of Russia, and that happens within
: seconds, only after that we would launch a retaliatory
: strike," he said. "It would naturally mean a
: global catastrophe, but I want to emphasize that we can't
: be those who initiate it because we don't foresee a
: preventive strike."

: Russia dropped its "no-first-use pledge" in the
: early 1990s, writing a new nuclear doctrine with certain
: loopholes and exceptions.

: The Russian "people are ready to defend our sovereignty
: and independence," Putin added, "Not in every
: country are people so eager to sacrifice their lives for
: the Motherland."

: The Russian president's tough and damning rhetoric comes amid
: heightened tensions between Russia and the US and its NATO
: allies.

: Starting late October 2018, US forces, along with NATO allies
: and partners, will take part in a massive war game
: involving tens of thousands of troops, as well as numerous
: vehicles, ships, and aircraft. The drills are designed to
: send a strong deterrence message to Russia.

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