Putin: Russia Building Nuclear Weapon U.S. Won't Have

netscape.cnn.com ^ | Nov. 17, 2004 | netscape.cnn.com

[crushelits]

Russia Developing New Nuclear Missile.

MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is developing a new form of nuclear missile unlike those held by other countries, news agencies reported. Speaking at a meeting of the Armed Forces' leadership, Putin reportedly said that Russia is researching and successfully testing new nuclear missile systems. ``I am sure that ... they will be put in service within the next few years and, what is more, they will be developments of the kind that other nuclear powers do not and will not have,'' Putin was quoted as saying by the ITAR-Tass news agency.

Putin reportedly said: ``International terrorism is one of the major threats for Russia. We understand as soon as we ignore such components of our defense as a nuclear and missile shield, other threats may occur.'' No details were immediately available, but Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said earlier this month that Russia expected to test-fire a mobile version of its Topol-M ballistic missile this year and that production of the new weapon could be commissioned in 2005. continues...

[Son House]

Sounds good to me, and Democrats will sign on too, because we won't lose any Troops.

[Kickass Conservative]

Obama stopped any new R&D on our Nuclear Arsenal as soon as he took Office.

He is one of those fools who thinks if we make ourselves an example in slowing our Nuclear Weapon Development, our Enemies will do the same.

He is Rodney King, “can’t we all just get along”?

[McGruff]

Those little things. They couldn't even make it to Iran.