A strategic missile known as the RS-24 flew 7,000 km (4350 miles) to hit targets on the Kamchatka peninsula.Why do the Russians feel the need of an improved, updated nuclear arsenal? Obviously, I don't know. I can say, however, that under the new, out-in-the-open American imperial system, having more-and-better nukes is the most probable route to respect -- or at least to being left alone -- for any other nation-state.
Later, a Russian submarine in the Barents Sea launched another new missile, hitting the same test site.
It comes as Russia has again accused the US of ignoring its concerns over a planned US missile defence system.
Washington plans to site anti-missile facilities in central Europe, claiming that it will help defend against any possible future nuclear threat from Iran.
The US missile shield system would see a radar site set up in the Czech Republic and a base in Poland for 10 missile interceptors.
However, speaking in an interview to be published later this week in the Vremya Novostey daily, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was clear the system is aimed at deterring Russia, rather than Iran.
The US has said that the limited system it proposes could not threaten Russia's own missile arsenal.
The Interfax news agency reported that the RS-24, the missile tested on Tuesday, is capable of carrying at least three nuclear warheads.
Russia says they are able to penetrate any kind of defensive system.
My supervisors, for reasons of their own, have decided that the debt-drowned ruins of the American economy must pay -- or, rather, must be further indebted -- to build a missile defense system on Eastern European soil. The Russian supervisors, for reasons of their own, are responding by bleeding their own economic jalopy for a no-doubt-costly upgraded ICBM fleet. What a damnable waste. I wonder: could individual Americans and Russians, if allowed to keep their money, find better uses for it? I can't see how they could possibly do any worse than their supervisors are doing.
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As a child of the duck-and-cover generation, this is making me all misty-eyed with nostalgia.
Happy New Year, and don't forget to locate the Civil Defense shelters nearest to your home and workplace!
Is it just me, or is the rest of the world starting to get a bit nervous about what sorts of military operations the US might undertake next?
Probably just me being unpatriotic again.
Impossible! I remember very clearly Ronald Reagan ending the cold war and turning Russia into a free market paradise in the 1980's - it happened right on my TV.
ROFL!
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