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To: Michael van der Galien
It's liquid-fueled.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-28_Sarmat

The horror, the horror. Russia builds the world's biggest microchips too.

Get a clue. Liquid-fueled ICBM's have so many drawbacks relative to solid-fueled ones that no one makes the things unless their chemical engineering is so backward that they can't produce comparable solid-fueled ones. I.e., the Russian chemical industry is 40-50 years behind ours.

All this does is prove that the Russians can't compete even with China in high-tech military equipment.

18 posted on 03/31/2018 10:30:22 PM PDT by Thud
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To: Thud
...Get a clue. Liquid-fueled ICBM's have so many drawbacks relative to solid-fueled ones that no one makes the things unless their chemical engineering is so backward that they can't produce comparable solid-fueled ones. I.e., the Russian chemical industry is 40-50 years behind ours...

Liquid-fueled rockets do have some advantages. OTOH continual readiness is not one of them.

This is a formidable first strike weapon if it can be fueled in its silo without any indications of that operation on the surface. Especially if a large number can be fueled and launched simultaneously.

I have known several Russian chemists and engineers.They approach things differently than we do in the west, but we are in great peril if we assume they are stupid or backward.

24 posted on 03/31/2018 11:32:55 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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