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Russia test-fires ICBM
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/04/russia-test-fires-intercontinental-balli-idUKL6N0M14IW20140304
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Not. Sad little show.
okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)was fired from a range in the Astrakhan region.
No confirmation I don't think. Only rumors?
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)1awake
(1,494 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)I do miss the Cold War thriller movies
smokey775
(228 posts)One of my favorites.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)I think the U.S. needs to send a couple of carrier groups to the area.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)has gone mad.
That is an ugly provocation considering the situation.
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)Excuse the shouting but this is the second misleading post here on DU...I'm not a Putin apologist but here are the facts...
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Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile in scheduled test
Russian RS 12 M Topol (AFP Photo / Dima Korotaev)
Military, Missile defense, Russia, Security
The Russian military has successfully performed a scheduled test launch of the RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile, the countrys Defense Ministry said.
The launch of the intercontinental three-stage ballistic missile (ICBM) was carried out from Kapustin Yar testing ground in the Astrakhan region. The dummy warhead hit its target at a test ground in Kazakhstan, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov told RIA Novosti.
The aim was to test an advanced battle equipment for the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the ministry stated.
Russia informed the United States ahead of the ICBM test - and even before the latest Russian military moves in Crimea - a US official told Reuters. Such prior notification is required under the nuclear arms treaty between the two nations.
Since 2007, Topol has been repeatedly tested in order to allow for the extension of its current service life, which was recently extended to 25 years. Its initial service life was only 10 years.
In 1998, RS-12M Topol became the first Soviet mobile ICBM to be successfully entered into service.
Defense Ministry stressed that Kapustin Yar range is a unique facility for testing battle equipment for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Only it provided the test routes and the polygon measuring complex, which allows testing [of] advanced battle equipment capable of bypassing the anti-missile systems, including those with advanced configuration, the ministry said.
Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile in scheduled test
http://rt.com/news/russia-test-fire-icbm-825/
stevenleser
(32,886 posts)There are a half dozen to dozen examples during the cold war and just afterwards where test launches like this nearly resulted in a nuclear exchange.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Ridiculous.
Pretzel_Warrior
(8,361 posts)jsr
(7,712 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)Just goes to show ya, you can't believe those right wing propagandists!
Xithras
(16,191 posts)ICBM's have historically been oriented toward nuclear weapons, but Russia announced a program last year to create a new fleet of conventional-payload ICBM's permitting precision non-nuclear missile strikes anywhere on the planet. They didn't give many specifics, but their stated intent was to modify their existing ICBM designs rather than create a new missile from scratch, and they said that the missiles would be coming online by 2014.
Russia's goal is to be able to take out specific buildings, bridges, and ships anywhere on the planet using missiles fired from Russian soil. Technically they already have that capability with their nuclear warheads, but they want something a bit more "surgical".
This launch may well be related to the new program.
RedRocco
(454 posts)HappyMe
(20,277 posts)I think the Pooty has gone off the deep end!
LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)and Russia had notified the US of this before anything happened in Crimea
It's sensationalism