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Putin's 'unlimited range' nuclear missile crashed after 22 miles, US intelligence sources claim
UK Telegraph ^

Posted on 05/22/2018 6:33:44 PM PDT by ameribbean expat

Since its range is unlimited, it can manoeuvre as long as you want,” Mr Putin said. “For now, no one in the world has anything like this.”

But sources with direct knowledge of a US intelligence report told CNBC that four tests of the missile between November and February all resulted in crashes.

The longest flight lasted two minutes and covered 22 miles, while shortest ended only four seconds and five miles after launch, they said.

CNN previously quoted a US official as saying the cruise missile had crashed during tests.

Mr Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied the reported US intelligence findings when asked on Tuesday.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
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Trumps fault.
1 posted on 05/22/2018 6:33:44 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

Can anybody trust US intelligence any longer?

Who would want to work with them, when whatever is told them may be leaked?


2 posted on 05/22/2018 6:49:46 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: CondorFlight

And who can trust what assessments and conclusions US intelligence produces?

After the “dossier”, how do we know it isn’t just a concocted mess to suit an agenda?


3 posted on 05/22/2018 6:50:46 PM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: ameribbean expat

Fake news, anyone privy to this intel report who leaks should be remanded to Gitmo.


4 posted on 05/22/2018 6:51:47 PM PDT by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: ameribbean expat

Unlimited within 22 miles. Hey, it went farther than Kim’s that effectively closed down that missile site.


5 posted on 05/22/2018 6:52:34 PM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: ameribbean expat

“For now, no one in the world has anything like this.”


I’m inclined to agree.


6 posted on 05/22/2018 6:53:44 PM PDT by Zhang Fei (Journalism is about covering important stories. With a pillow, until they stop moving.)
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To: CondorFlight

“Can anybody trust US intelligence any longer?”

No. They cannot be trusted. They are not trustworthy. Nearly everything they say is a lie.

And that’s a National Security issue.


7 posted on 05/22/2018 6:56:41 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Zhang Fei

We tried to develop a nuclear powered ramjet cruise missile about 50 years back (Project Pluto, IIRC). It did not work out.


8 posted on 05/22/2018 6:59:45 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: ameribbean expat

Not much better than an Estes Rocket.


9 posted on 05/22/2018 7:32:56 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: ameribbean expat

They’d end up nuking themselves.


10 posted on 05/22/2018 8:04:44 PM PDT by Crucial
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They’d end up nuking themselves.

I was thinking the same thing!

"What's the blast radius of our nuke?"

"23 miles."

"Oh crap, it shut down 22 miles out!"

11 posted on 05/22/2018 8:26:28 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: Crucial

Chicken Kiev.


12 posted on 05/22/2018 9:37:45 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: ameribbean expat

A failure worthy of the Chinese.


13 posted on 05/23/2018 2:50:46 AM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: ameribbean expat

When are they going to polygraph all feds? We are facing a government coup and nothing seems to be getting done about it.


14 posted on 05/23/2018 3:42:13 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist ( (Be Nice To Your Kids. They Will Pick Out Your Nursing Home))
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To: ameribbean expat
Я думал, ты наполнил топливный бак!
15 posted on 05/23/2018 6:58:26 AM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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