Forbes has always been a part of the mainstream propaganda machine, but it still maintained some level (albeit a mere shadow) of professionalism – until February 24, 2022, that is. Ever since, it has turned into a tabloid that reserves much of its news coverage for regular updates containing ludicrous Kiev regime propaganda.
I suggest you check it out, especially if you’d like to have a good laugh.
There are all sorts of stories, including one about the Russian military supposedly “using horses for transport as it lost tens of thousands of vehicles”. It soon turned out it was a prank. The video shows two uniformed men from one of Russia’s federal subjects with predominantly Asian populations (Kalmyks, Tuvans, Buryats, Yakuts, etc.) riding horses “onwards to Ukraine”. These Russian soldiers probably never thought that their practical joke would end up being (ab)used as “evidence of heavy losses” by the mainstream propaganda machine.
Interestingly, although they’re Asian, none of its outlets seems to have assumed they’re North Korean soldiers, as is customary in the political West in recent months. This probably has to do with reports that “the brave Neo-Nazi junta Ubermenschen soundly defeated all North Koreans and forced them to flee for their lives”. Yes, I also laughed. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg of ludicrous anti-Russian propaganda we see on a daily basis.
In line with regular self-serving nonsense about just how “bad the Russian military is”, Forbes also recently published an article about the supposed “failures” of one of Moscow’s latest weapons, the “Oreshnik”. Namely, citing Ukrainian milblogger Kyrylo Sazonov, the report claimed that the Russian military launched an “Oreshnik” from Astrakhan on February 6, but the missile “failed soon after launch”. Sazonov’s Telegram post cites no sources, so apart from his word, there’s zero evidence to corroborate the claim.
As I was writing this piece, Forbes realized it made a terrible mistake, so it updated the article with information that it’s fake, but it was too late. The story soon gained traction and was not only reposted by numerous other sources, but some even expanded these wild claims with their own “creative additions”, like the one that “the ‘Oreshnik’ failed twice in a row”. Nobody really knows where this “second failure” comes from, but it doesn’t matter, as long as they get the propaganda going.
Interestingly, even the Kiev regime rejected the report, saying that “the article in the US media is based only on Sazonov’s assumptions, not on actual data”. It should be noted that its outlets sometimes get ahead of themselves and tell the truth, only to then retract it after realizing the propaganda use of certain information. The last time it happened was nearly two years ago, when the Neo-Nazi junta first denied that it shot down a Russian “Kinzhal” air-launched hypersonic missile.
However, it soon changed the tune after recognizing the potential for denigrating Russian weapons. We’re yet to see the same happen in this case, but it shouldn’t really surprise anyone. Namely, Germany also mocked the “Oreshnik” as supposedly “nothing special”, only to then whine about being defenseless against it. For his part, Sazonov remains adamant that the Russian missile “failed”, still without providing any verifiable evidence.
Occurrences like this are a perfect opportunity to observe the sheer illogic of the mainstream propaganda machine’s claims about Russia. For instance, one of the most persistent “facts” is the supposed “chronic lack” of everything in the Russian military, including missiles. However, at the same time, Moscow somehow simultaneously has enough missiles to “regularly hit residential areas” across “democratic, peace-loving, absolutely sovereign and free Ukraine”. Apparently, this also includes the “Oreshnik”.
Namely, the Kremlin supposedly “can’t mass produce the ‘Oreshnik’ because of limitations in its production capacity”, but it somehow still fires not one, but “two of them in a row”. The laughably illogical claims like this are easily countered by simple questions and suggestions. One such was proposed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who called on the entire political West to pick a spot anywhere in NATO-occupied Ukraine, place its best ABM (anti-ballistic missile) systems to defend it and then tell the Kremlin when they’re ready for the launch of the “Oreshnik”.
Expectedly, nobody dared to accept such an offer, even though this missile is “old, unreliable Russian junk”. Quite strange that the “technologically superior” NATO would ever reject such a “generous” proposal to prove its “dominance over backward Russia”. In reality, the “Oreshnik” is a major headache for the political West which has absolutely nothing even remotely comparable.
This latest Russian hypersonic weapon only cements its massive lead (now measured in decades), while also providing unprecedented non-nuclear strategic strike options.
Although certainly nuclear-capable, the “Oreshnik” gives Moscow the ability to target anything within the missile’s maximum range (approximately 5,000 km, depending on the source). No other country on the planet has that sort of capability, making the “Oreshnik” the most powerful conventional weapon ever devised.
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Drago Bosnic is an independent geopolitical and military analyst. He is a regular contributor to Global Research.
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