Posted on 05/10/2006 3:58:18 AM PDT by familyop
MOSCOW, May 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia should modernize its strategic nuclear triad in the next five years, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday.
"In the next five years we must significantly increase the procurement of modern aircraft, submarines and strategic missiles for the Armed Forces," Putin said in his annual address to the parliament.
The president said current research was focused on the development of unique high-precision weapons and warheads "whose trajectory could not be predicted by a potential enemy."
The new weaponry will allow the country to maintain the strategic balance of forces in the world, Putin said.
Our Vice-President was recently accused by Russian leadership of starting the Cold War again. Think again.
Russia says new Topol RS-12 mobile ICBM can evade U.S. missile defense
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1513904/posts
US TOLD TO LEAVE CENTRAL ASIA [Russia & China demand "deadline."]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1437369/posts
Russia never stopped the cold war, they just ran out of money, Now after they have sold enough stuff to America's enemies to get back in the fight , it starts all over again.
"Modernize" is a polite word for it. Essentially they will be building from scratch. The USSR legacy strategic weapons systems are already past or near the limits of their design life. Just two years ago Putin in an admirals uniform was aboard a submarine to witness a launch as part of an exercise. Two consecutive missiles failed.
Living next door to China I wouldn't disarm either.
LOL...it's getting better.
Russia is dying.
Their population is shrinking.
They are a fraction of their former selves.
Hard to say what the future holds...
...exactly. I saw a Russian propaganda film in public school during the 1960s. The narrator was a little girl, who stated that in general, Russians were fond of Americans. But one day each month during the 1960s, we laid under our desks with our hands over the backs of our necks, while the air raid sirens sounded during the drills.
Beware the soft sell and Russian government broadcasts like that of the Beslan massacre repeated for too long and aimed primarily at US women. One can learn much more of the truth by observing dialogues between non-government Russian citizens about domestic Russian issues--dialogues that most of us don't easily find.
But reading these posts you've put up in the last hour...they're definitely having some sort of crisis.
5 year plans, wow gives one a teary eye
The Western Mail, April 7th, 1931
COMMUNISTS’ FIVE-YEAR-PLAN.
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HOW IT IS WORKING IN RUSSIA.
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ITS ORIGIN AND PURPOSE “NO MORE COMPROMISE WITH CAPITALISM”
By GARETH JONES.
In a series of five articles the first of which is given below, the writer examines Russia's Five-Year Plan of economic recovery which has now been in operation two and half years. Political and economic motives behind the Plan are described in this article. Further articles will be published daily in these columns this week
http://colley.co.uk/garethjones/soviet_articles/how_it_is_working.htm
Did you notice he didnt say they were willing to spend any money on Defensive weapons? I guess they are willing to take a hit as long as they can destroy.
The Russians and Chinese...any communists for that matter, are always willing to take horrendous losses to obtain an objective.
The ChiComs refer to Siberia and the Russian Far East as "stolen territory."
I wonder....do their buildings still topple over? I remember years ago when the Soviet Union was a superpower, it was believed to have had all the latest military technology and equipment, but it seemed that every other week, a new highrise apartment building or some other structure would collapse.
The ChiComs refer to Siberia and the Russian Far East as "stolen territory."
This makes one glad the Mexicans don't have nukes.
IMHO, Chinese repopulation and reclamation of Siberia.
"Russia never stopped the cold war, they just ran out of money, Now after they have sold enough stuff to America's enemies to get back in the fight , it starts all over again."
Finally, someone sees it like I do. I believe Russia bought the clue that they didn't need land mass to control ideology and regrouped fully aware that the Communism genie was out of the bottle in the US and it wa only a matter of time.
Here's an update from Tailgunner Joe.
Putin takes swipe at hungry America's 'Comrade Wolf'
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1630036/posts
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