[mikhailovich]

Agreed, but the broadcast of this information (at this time) was a poor judgment call, IMHO. Look at the reverse, if Russia announced publicly she was re-aiming, fine-tuning, and fueling up her ICBM's to target American cities (just in case.)

I'm thinking this would go over like a turd in the punchbowl, here, huh? Ya think?

[xzins]

I'm thinking this would go over like a turd in the punchbowl, here, huh? Ya think?

Oh, the timing is bad, but since it's a leak of secret information, it isn't a matter of timing. There's never a good time for a secret to leak.

If I were Russian, I'd be appalled at my government if they didn't have a contingency plan for dealing with a nuclear attack from ALL of the world's nuclear powers.....to include the world's largest nuclear power.