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Russia Launches ICBM Despite Rising Tensions
ABC News ^
| 03/04/2014
| Luis Martinez
Posted on 03/04/2014 1:27:37 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Russia test fired an intercontinental ballistic missile today amid growing tensions between Moscow and Washington, but a U.S. official said the launch was planned in advance of the current crisis in Crimea.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the test of a RS-12 M ICBM that it said was designed to test a promising start warheads of intercontinental ballistic missiles.
A U.S. official confirmed the ICBM launch and said it was carried out through the protocols of the START Treaty.
Per the treaty requirements the official said the United States was notified of Russias planned launch long before the current crisis in Crimea.
The official said that the missile was fired east over the Caspian Sea and landed in a remote part of Kazakhstan.
That matches the information provided by the Russian Defense Ministry that the missile struck a condition target on the range in Sary-Shagan, Kazakhstan.
The planned launch comes at a time when Russia has raised international tensions by moving military forces into the Crimean peninsula, ostensibly to protect that regions ethnic Russian population. The Russian action has led to international condemnation and the United States is considering punitive actions against Russia that could take the form of economic sanctions.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Russia
KEYWORDS: icbm; russia; ukraine
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To: Uncle Miltie
Having worked in the media for over a decade, allow me to assure you that as stupid as you think these people are, it’s far worse than you imagine.
To: Sacajaweau
Hey....we do this all the time. We do NOT launch ICBMs to influence a particular negotiation or situation. Not too damn often, anyway.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:03:33 PM PST
by
steve86
(Some things aren't really true but you wouldn't be half surprised if they were.)
To: SeekAndFind
Not to mention,...
Putin: 'Israel's nuclear weapons just make it a target'http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3068835/posts
Russia to set up missile shield for Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1944948/posts
Ted Turner: U.S. and Israel Should Disarm to Prevent Nuclear Iran
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2879724/posts
Russia calls for banning Judaismhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431407/posts
Russia probing whether Jewish law constitutes incitement ["first time since Stalin's regime"]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1431367/posts
Putin: Russia Building Nuclear Weapon U.S. Won't Havehttp://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/1282021/posts
Russians Respect Reason For Terrorismhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210347/posts
Russia says new Topol RS-12 mobile ICBM can evade U.S. missile defensehttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513904/posts
Why Russia should sell weapons to Iran and SyriaRIA Novosti (
Russian state-owned outlet) ^ | 08AUG07 |
Marianna Belenkaya,
Russian Governmenthttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878354/posts
Russia to build 2 Kalashnikov factories in Venezuela by 2010http://en.rian.ru/russia/20070806/70445720.html
Georgia Seeks U.N. Security Council Session About Missile NY Times ^ | August 9, 2007 | C. J. CHIVERS
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1878501/posts Excerpt:
"
No one was injured by the missile, which struck on Monday evening near Tsitelubani, a village about 30 miles from Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. The missile broke apart on impact, but did not explode. The Georgian military later detonated the missile."
China and Russia Call for U.S. Withdrawal in Central Asiahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437131/posts
US TOLD TO LEAVE CENTRAL ASIA [Russia & China demand "deadline."]http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437369/posts
S. Korean Lawmaker, Russia might have given N. Korea know-how of miniature nukeshttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1717327/posts
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North Korea Tests 'Super-EMP' Nuke Newsmax ^ | Thursday, 16 Jun 2011 09:05 AM | Ken Timmerman
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North Koreas nuclear tests have been dismissed as failures by some analysts because of their low explosive yield. But Dr. Pry believes they bore the signature of the Russian-designed super-EMP weapon, capable of emitting more gamma radiation than a 25-megaton nuclear weapon. "
''Intelligence Brief: Russia's Moves in Syria''http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658282/posts (from 2006)
The Syrian Stake (Ruskie Alert)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658558/posts (from 2006)
Russia engages in 'gangland' diplomacy as it sends warship to the Caribbean (Exercise with Venezuelan military, 2008)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088262/posts (from 2006)
Vladimir Putin Justifies His Trust in Islam Karimov (Uzbekistan)http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1433668/posts">
Pat Buchanan: People worldwide are sick of hearing talk of American exceptionalismhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3067234/posts
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:04:19 PM PST
by
familyop
(We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
To: steve86
Apologias are flying off the shelf for Putin. It’s as if the good people of FreeRepublic decided to act like the American Left has for years by praising foreign tyrants who make problems for a president that is of the opposite party.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:06:12 PM PST
by
elhombrelibre
(Free Ukraine. Free Venezuela. Free Syria. Free Iran. Free the USA.)
To: SeekAndFind
Not only is Putin in obama’s face, he is rubbing his boot in it.
What a sorry situation for America!
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:08:15 PM PST
by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: catfish1957
And all of them thinking, “How the heck can Americans have been so stupid”.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:08:15 PM PST
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Sacajaweau
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:10:26 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Keeping whites from talking about blacks is verbal segregation!)
To: steve86
We just threaten to break treaties, pull funding and a million other far more damaging things than a test launch. See Honduras and Uganda for two recent examples. And of course Lybia, Syria and Egypt.. (Not that I’m for a lot of our foreign aid to begin with.)
To: SeekAndFind
When Hillary came up with that “Reset” button, she must have meant we’ll get to rebuild our cities from the ground up after a Russian nuclear attack.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:11:37 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Norm Lenhart
“as stupid as you think these people are, its far worse than you imagine.”
Considering this crowd can imagine amazing levels of stupidity....I won’t be sleeping at night.
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:11:43 PM PST
by
CodeToad
(Keeping whites from talking about blacks is verbal segregation!)
To: elhombrelibre
Are we supposed to praise our own stupidity instead? Because our own stupidity led directly to Putin doing what he is doing.
To: CodeToad
Should I mention the lib reporter who argued in a filled newsroom that 1=1 does not always have to equal two, used quantum mechanics to justify it, then went on to work for an east coast politician?
To: Norm Lenhart
Many reporters think and act like they’re experts in everything (e.g., foreign affairs, the economy, weather, sports, entertainment, etc.). People like that are a mile wide and an inch deep.
To: Norm Lenhart
To: Starboard
Yes...and shaping public opinion.
To: catfish1957
For the next three years (and quite possibly more) we are sitting ducks. Its open season on the U.S. with no bag limit.
To: Norm Lenhart
That may be the worst thing. They see themselves as keepers of the torch.
To: Starboard
Accepting lesser evils in DC has consequences. We are now living them. If we have a future remaining, we might want to reassess that plan of action.
To: Starboard
Oh most certainly. The level of unwarranted arrogance in a newsroom puts a Hollywood party to shame. They are convinced the public is retarded. Literally. No exaggeration. And that their access to the unedited AP wire gives them knowledge and wisdom to guide the unwashed masses.
There are several former newsies here on FR. They will all tell you exactly that.
To: SeekAndFind
behaving like the NK Kims
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posted on
03/04/2014 2:24:09 PM PST
by
Wuli
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