New nuclear weapons systems being developed in Russia could include a missile designed to defeat the U.S. missile defence shield.
Among the systems thought to be in the works for Russia's military is a new type of warhead designed to outwit the missile defence shield being developed by the United States.
Experts say the warhead is intended to be manoeuvrable like a cruise missile after re-entering the atmosphere from space.
Reports in Russian news media have suggested Russia is developing a nuclear missile that could carry up to 10 nuclear warheads weighing a total of four tonnes, and a mobile version of its Topol-M ballistic missile.
The Topol-M has a range of 10,000 kilometres, and have been deployed in silos since 1998. They reportedly can manoeuvre in ways that are difficult to detect.
Now...just why would they want a system to outwit ours? Hmmmmm???
YOU SAID... "Experts say the warhead is intended to be manoeuvrable like a cruise missile after re-entering the atmosphere from space."
Cant do it EFFECTIVELY on descent IMHO. Have to do it in the ASCENT or boost phase, when the missles are the most vulnerable. IMHO, the best way to do THAT is via a comprehensive space based missle defense system.
This is the system that finally sunk the Russians when Reagan insisted in developing it in STAR WARS...we eventually cancleed the program.
China would not want us to continue with it. It makes the limited nuclear game of chicken I described above way too costly for them.