Russia tested ICBM missile that could hit the US

[bigdarryl]

Are they flexing there muscle at us. There claiming the test was scheduled well in advance before the Ukraine crisishttp://www.businessinsider.com/russia-just-test-fired-an-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-2014-3

[okaawhatever]

1. It was. the missile hit it's target in Khazakstan. I saw something on BBC about it. We have missile

defense systems and alert systems.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. And?

Didn't we know that they had this capablility, like, decades ago?

[Maedhros]

17. I believe that this particular missile contains a conventional warhead, not a nuclear one.

Which is a new twist.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. That could hit the US... we have a few that could hit the USS... err Russia

So do England and France.

It is getting tense.

[bigwillq]

4. WAR! WAR! WAR!

War, baby, War!

[Iggo]

5. ...and I'm still not scared.

[quinnox]

9. bad sheeple!

[Iggo]

13. Had about a thousand of those things pointed at me back when I was 10.

I'm so over it...lol.

[quinnox]

6. Well, as usual, whenever I hear about a missile test being launched I immediately become very

frightened, and hid under the desk. North Korea, Russia, and other countries keep me on my toes this way.

[bowens43]

7. so? youre surprised? what is this 1960?

[aristocles]

8. The US and Russia share information about their missile test schedules in advance of any tests.

The UAF Defcon level is 5, which means "don't worry, be happy". Everything right now is copasetic.

[Go Vols]

10. +1

Hair not on fire

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. From the article

The reports caused a dip in stocks as the world watches the crisis in Ukraine unfold, although the intersection of events appears to be a coincidence.


Yet

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday with the S&P 500 closing at a record high, as fears eased of a confrontation between Russia and Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need to use military force in the Crimea region for now.

Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 225.83 points or 1.4 percent, to 16,393.86, the S&P 500 gained 28.03 points or 1.52 percent, to 1,873.76 and the Nasdaq Composite added 74.671 points or 1.75 percent, to 4,351.972.


http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20140304&id=17397149

[KoKo]

12. It was a SCHEDULED TEST --USA Approved....Here's the Link:

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 country’s 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

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 country’s 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.

[Iggo]

14. But that would mean there's fear-mongering going on here at DU.

And I refuse to believe that.

[KoKo]

18. GASP...

It gets pretty obvious, unfortunately. Some misguided, some informed, some perhaps with other reasons.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

15. Erect bogeyman, wave flag, give more money to the MIC, send in the troops..or bombers.

Works every time.

[Blue_Tires]

16. BREAKING: Russia Possesses 60-Year-Old Aerospace Technology

[KoKo]

19. And, we worked with them on our Space Program! n/t

[sarisataka]

20. They have had such a missile

since the SS-6 was deployed in 1959. The current estimate is the Russians have 434 land based ICBMs. This technology isn't exactly a game changer...

[bigdarryl]

22. Who said anything about a game changer

[Iggo]

21. RUSS HAVE H-BOMB!

[B Calm]

23. But, I thought Reagan all by himself ended the cold war!