Glorious nation of Kazakhstan, hi tech mecca of the Russian peoples. 
Posted on 12/05/2006 9:37:40 PM PST by Srirangan
Russia's armed forces successfully test-launched an interceptor missile on Tuesday, news reports said.
The Space Forces launched the missile from the Sary-Shagan test-range in Kazakhstan, the forces' spokesman, Alexei Kuznetsov, told the Interfax news agency.
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Glorious nation of Kazakhstan, hi tech mecca of the Russian peoples.
In Future News, Freeper "Jayson" was found dead today in an apparent suicide. The autopsy reports that, in a remarkable act of flexibility, he apparently shot himself in the back of the head six times from three feet distance....
Seems very logical these days.
Do you trust the Putin régime?
Russia has had a deployed ABM system since about 1977. Carter shut down the similar U.S. system. The Russian (and old American system) use ~10 megaton warheads to kill incoming warheads with neutrons high above the Earth. (A 10 megaton weapon has a surprisingly small lethal radius against warheads in space.)
The Canadians hated the American system, since it meant popping off 10 megaton firecrackers over Canadian territory in the hope of saving American missile fields.
lol
Too bad the Dems who just took office will cancel our missile defense systems
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