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They will be practically invulnerable, including to air defense systems," the president said speaking on live television and radio.<<
Except to lasers.
DK
Any confirmation or reality to this?
Yeah, right.
Their Navy is rusting/sinking at their moorings; they don't have the technical/economic abilities to tap their enormous oil reserves, etc. etc.
We are supposed to believe that they can field an advanced (and expensive) missile system? Don't make me gag.
But even if they could, some genius would figure to laser 'em down at launch when they move slowest and have full payload.
Russia test-launches new strategic missile
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-09/28/content_3553965.htm
Russia successfully test-launched a new sea-based intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday, navy officials said.
The new-generation Bulava missile was launched from the Northern Fleet's strategic nuclear submarine Dmitry Donskoi in theWhite Sea to the Kura firing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula, a spokesman for Navy Commander Igor Dygalo told the Interfax news agency.
The missile's warhead hit the target on the range at a pre-calculated time in its first test-launch, the spokesman said.
The solid-fuel Bulava missile can carry up to ten individually guided nuclear warheads and has a range of up to 8,000 km. It is based on the Topol-M land-based intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile is to be fine-tuned in 2006.
"The successful launch confirmed the high readiness of the marine strategic missile forces and the reliability of the navy's combat command system," Dygalo said, according to Interfax.
The launch came in the same day as President Vladimir Putin used a live call-in show on television to tout Russia's new strategic missile systems.
"We are developing and will provide the army with new high-precision strategic missile systems that are unique and unlikely to appear earlier in any other country," Putin said during the nationally televised phone-in.
Putin described the new missile systems as "hypersonic and capable of changing course and height during flight," saying the missiles will be invulnerable to the missile defense systems being developed in some of Russia's partner countries.
not that I know, but aren't the reds resposible for more of their sailors deaths than we are????
Good.
Glad to see they made good use of all that money we gave them...
"President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia would deploy new hypersonic missile systems that would be virtually invulnerable to enemy defenses."
I sure am glad the Cold War is over, Russia no longer competes with us, and they are our friends now. Just as we start to perfect anti-missle weapons, they (supposedly) come up with this.
haven't heard of any flight tests. Sounds like vaporware.
The Russians couldn't even defeat the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, they try to turn defeat into victory. Putin is good, Russia is good, but neither are that good.
Without the Nazi help, they like the U.S. wouldn't have any missile systems.
RUSSIA- CHINA- IRAN- VENEZUELA the new quadruple alliance. It's based on long term oil contracts, military equipment sales and transfer of nuke and missile technology
- - - and they are pointed at whom?
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