[Armedanddangerous]

Ten warhead missle, apparently.

That is a continent buster

[Skybird]

It's sure good to know that all of the economic and other assistance, provided by the US, has gone to good use...

[metalmanx2j]

What is this 1953? Get over it! Cold War ended...you lost!

[theFIRMbss]

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

Russia Says Weapon Renders 'Missile Defense Useless'

NewsMax.com Wires
Thursday, Feb. 19, 2004

MOSCOW – Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic weapon capable of penetrating any prospective missile shield, a senior general said Thursday. The prototype weapon proved it could maneuver so quickly as to make "any missile defense useless," Col.-Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, said at a news conference.

He said that the prototype of a new hypersonic vehicle had proved its ability to maneuver while in orbit, thereby making it able to to dodge an enemy's missile shield.

"The flying vehicle changed both the altitude and direction of its flight," Baluyevsky said. "During the experiment conducted yesterday, we proved that it's possible to develop weapons that would make any missile defense useless."

Baluyevsky's comment followed a statement by President Vladimir Putin, who said Wednesday after attending rocket launches from the Plesetsk launch pad in northern Russia that experiments conducted during the military maneuvers had proven that Russia could build strategic weapons unrivaled in the world. ...

[SirChas]

Picture of the Top Secret Russian rocket program.

[WorkingClassFilth]

The Russians are our friends. The cold war is over. These are defensive missiles only. What's the problem?

[Delbert]

It doesnt look very big.

[dljordan]

But, but, the cold war is over! The Russians are our friends now. That's why we have ex-KGB generals advising Homeland Security!

[truthandlife]

I believe Putin knows that our missile defense shield will give us the upper hand and he is trying to anything for the U.S. not to implement it. I think this is all hype from Putin.

[Henchman]

Don't worry, the Russians will deliver the missle here. we can study it on the way in.

[jeremiah]

Isn't it time we uncorked the technology and made some neutron bombs. They would come in really handy to avoid hand to hand fighting, or door to door anyway. We could have cleared Fallujah without losing a single soldier. Just tell those within to surrender or die, kill all within without ruining the holy sites.

[jmstein7]

I don't think they had the U.S. in mind when they decided to get back on the ball with nukes and nuke defense.

It is more likely they are concerned with very real nuclear threats closer to home, e.g. China and North Korea.

[familyop]

Here's some ammo in case the new Communist Party shows up to blow smoke.

Israel Tries to "Win Russia Over": Report [Intel Barf from Islam Barf:
One man's terrorist...]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1210553/posts
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov however drew a line between Chechnya and Palestine, making it clear Arab countries could not be excluded from any alliance against terror.

"Chechnya is a part of Russia. But the Palestinian territories are declared by UN resolutions and international legitimacy as occupied lands," Lavrov said during a joint press conference with his Israeli counterpart Silvan Shalom, according to Al-Jazeera.

Also, at a meeting with Israeli President Moshe Katsav, Lavrov, while agreeing that there could be no justification to terrorism, insisted at the same time that some of the factors contributing to terrorism, such as stark economic conditions, should be dealt with.

Russians Respect Reason For Terrorism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210347/posts
In a veiled swipe at the United States and its United States allies such as Israel, Russia's foreign minister said Sunday his country opposed a Security Council resolution demanding free presidential elections here and a Syrian troop withdrawal out of Moscow's respect for Lebanese sovereignty.

Russia, China aid Iran's missile program
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a4916.htm

Russia, N.Korea, China give Iran missile aid -CIA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/519198/posts

Moscow 'vehemently' opposes attacks on Iraq
Sees Saddam's terror-sponsor state as 'long-term partner'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25619

Russian Delegation in Baghdad With Putin Message for Saddam Hussein
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3918d6aa328c.htm

[A. Pole]

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

More journalistic hype. I guess it is similar to the US supersonic combustion ramjet/scramjet

[familyop]

...ten warhead multiples, Chief. They're nothing new, but the Communist Party over there is trying to build something to get through our ABMs by sheer volume. The more things "change," the more they stay the same, in this case.

[mindburglar]

Yawn...

[Bon mots]

Well, if it's any consolation...

If anyone ever does attack us with horrific weapons,
the most likely targets are all blue.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

The missile doesn't look very impressive...

[Truth666]

2003 - Russia enters new territory : threatens NATO with pre emptive strike - regularly updated