Russia Boasts Weapon to Battle Star Wars [would make U.S. missle defense useless]

Newsday ^ | 3/29/04 | VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

[freedom44]

MOSCOW -- Russia has designed a "revolutionary" weapon that would make the prospective U.S. missile defense useless, Russian news agencies reported Monday, quoting a senior Defense Ministry official.

The official, who was not identified by name, said tests conducted during last month's military maneuvers would dramatically change the philosophy behind development of Russia's nuclear forces, the Interfax and ITAR-Tass news agencies reported.

If deployed, the new weapon would take the value of any U.S. missile shield to "zero," the news agencies quoted the official as saying.

[SolutionsOnly]

well in that case, we might as well just toss in the towel. (sarcasm)

[aruanan]

Russia Boasts Weapon to Battle Star Wars [would make U.S. missle defense useless]

Good thing the U.S. uses missiles.

[American_Centurion]

We can just send Clint Eastwood to steal it.

[Poohbah]

Yup. Their secret is to prevent the missiles from launching in the first place. You can't hit a missile when it's still in the submarine's launch tube :o)

[zarf]

Like our defense is created to stop Soviet missiles?

THe Russians ain't stupid....the Islamists are.

[Plutarch]

But I thought that it was never going to work anyway, so why would the Russians waste any money they don't have to find a solution for it?

[Mike Darancette]

Wouldn't the Missile Defense System proposed by the USA today be pretty useless against the number of vehicles that Russia could launch anyway?

[CasearianDaoist]

First he would have to break into the insane asylum where they keep "it."

[lilylangtree]

Just rec'd an email this a.m. about Chernobyl. Pics posted on the Internet by a Russian woman who traveled through the deserted area riding her motorcycle. Makes for interesting viewing.

27 interesting pages about the atomic disaster.

http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/

[Rams82]

I guess if you want something done right you gotta do it yourself...

[longtermmemmory]

""""The official said the new weapon would be inexpensive, providing an "asymmetric answer" to U.S. missile defenses, which are proving extremely costly to develope. """

Duh, such suicide "suitcase bomb" or the like have always been known as a vulnerability. This is old news from the Reagan era when SDI first appeared.

This is just another media hype to attack republicans on national security.

Who would you trust to deal with such an asymetirical attack. The most ineffective senator in history, Kerry? Absolutly not.

Kerry is a nobody who just held water for ted kenedy.

[al baby]

1pm update -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Admiral warns of nuclear ship explosion Jackie Dent and agencies Tuesday March 23, 2004 The head of the Russian navy today ordered a nuclear-powered missile cruiser back into dock, warning that the ship was in such a poor state it could explode at any minute. Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov told the Interfax news agency that Peter the Great, one of the most powerful ships in the Russian fleet, had been badly maintained and "could go sky high at any minute". They cant even keep the stuff they have working so what makes them think they can bulid something new

[Jon Alvarez]

I heard the Russians signed the free agent AKA Baghdad Bob to be their PR man...Might he be the one who delivered this news? LOL

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Arabs with suitcases???

[GOP_1900AD]

And the name of the weapon is .... Spetsnaz who blow up suitcase nukes and leave a false trail intended to make it look like Al Qaida did it. Oooops..... sorry, I wasn't supposed to tell. Now they'll have to liquidate me ;)

[American_Centurion]

Is this "it"?

[Patrick1]

Let's shoot one over and find out if it works. When one of their cities goes up in flames we can blame it on CNN.

[Lee Heggy]

Oh yeah? Well in that case we'd just trundle out the ol 'Phantom Ray Projector' and zap em all into the 'Phantom Zone' where they would have Lex Luthor and all them other criminals from Krypton to deal with.

[RightWhale]

The ABM was not intended to stop a large broadsides, but just a handful of missiles launched by a crazed megalomaniac. The ABM could be beefed up if necessary.