Posted on 09/27/2005 9:21:27 PM PDT by eks41
MOSCOW, September 27 (RIA Novosti) - President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia would deploy new hypersonic missile systems that would be virtually invulnerable to enemy defenses.
"We are developing and will deploy new strategic high-precision systems that have no rivals across the globe. These hypersonic systems will be capable of changing the course and altitude. They will be practically invulnerable, including to air defense systems," the president said speaking on live television and radio.
Commenting on the president's statement, an air defense expert, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that Putin must have meant state-of-the-art air defense systems, or "weapons of the future" that specialists and researchers had been working on for a long time.
The expert added that the new system would combine the functions of air defense, missile defense and space defense.
The expert said the Russian army already had sea- and land-based missile complexes such as Bulava and Topol-M.
Putin also said that Russia would continue providing its army with mobile missile systems, state-of-the-art tanks, new and modernized air defense systems.
He added that last year Russia overcame an important psychological barrier when "allocations for army re-equipment topped the $5-billion profits from arms exports," while only a few years ago, Russia did not buy anything for the army.
"A great deal has been done in the past few years to restore the defense industry's financial health," Putin said, adding this included debt settlements and jobs.
He also said that expansion to foreign markets was a way to support Russia's defense sector financially. "If our specialists make it to foreign markets and uphold our interests there, it will be a very good job," the president said.
"Their Navy is rusting/sinking at their moorings; they don't have the technical/economic abilities to tap their enormous oil reserves, etc. etc.
We are supposed to believe that they can field an advanced (and expensive) missile system? Don't make me gag."
Well, of course Putin would lie in a heartbeat if it benefitted him, but the statement could be true.
Precisely because Russia no longer maintains a real military, they are probably putting more money into R & D, because they are the biggest arms sellers in the world. And they are doing as much spying now, both in the US & Britain (according to independent reports in both countries) as in the Cold War.
"President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia would deploy new hypersonic missile systems that would be virtually invulnerable to enemy defenses."
I sure am glad the Cold War is over, Russia no longer competes with us, and they are our friends now. Just as we start to perfect anti-missle weapons, they (supposedly) come up with this.
ah the good old days of the cold war--felling kind of nostalgic,,, too bad that the white race spent the 20th century eating its own, it has left us vulnerable to being overwhelmed by the savages of the third world. Do you really think we can afford to continue this way.
haven't heard of any flight tests. Sounds like vaporware.
'Actually the biggest arms seller is... the USA. Russia is the second.'
What about to 'rogue' countries?
As the saying goes, close only counts in Horseshoes and Handgrenades...
This thread reminds me of when I was taking Russian. We listened to a song called Katyusha. IIRC it was about how wonderful the sound of the Katyusha rockets were. During the Soviet German conflict in WW 2.
Now I get what you meant!
DK
I'm not sure I want to go there. I speak five languages...badly.
DK
Don't ask about the Japanese. It was a nightmare.
Take a look at how many launches are from the USAF space command.
http://www.peterson.af.mil/hqafspc/
And answer this, hoiw many times did you COPY of our space shuttle fly? :)
Red6
Don't underestimate their capabilities. Just ask any military survivor of the Third Reich.
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