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Are they flexing there muscle at us. There claiming the test was scheduled well in advance before the Ukraine crisishttp://www.businessinsider.com/russia-just-test-fired-an-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-2014-3
okaawhatever
(9,462 posts)defense systems and alert systems.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,415 posts)Didn't we know that they had this capablility, like, decades ago?
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)Which is a new twist.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)So do England and France.
It is getting tense.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)War, baby, War!
Iggo
(47,558 posts)Iggo
(47,558 posts)I'm so over it...lol.
quinnox
(20,600 posts)frightened, and hid under the desk. North Korea, Russia, and other countries keep me on my toes this way.
bowens43
(16,064 posts)aristocles
(594 posts)The UAF Defcon level is 5, which means "don't worry, be happy". Everything right now is copasetic.
Hair not on fire
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,046 posts)Yet
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday with the S&P 500 closing at a record high, as fears eased of a confrontation between Russia and Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin said there was no need to use military force in the Crimea region for now.
Based on the latest available data, the Dow Jones industrial average rose 225.83 points or 1.4 percent, to 16,393.86, the S&P 500 gained 28.03 points or 1.52 percent, to 1,873.76 and the Nasdaq Composite added 74.671 points or 1.75 percent, to 4,351.972.
http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=OBR&date=20140304&id=17397149
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile in scheduled test
Russian RS 12 M Topol (AFP Photo / Dima Korotaev)
Military, Missile defense, Russia, Security
The Russian military has successfully performed a scheduled test launch of the RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile, the countrys Defense Ministry said.
The launch of the intercontinental three-stage ballistic missile (ICBM) was carried out from Kapustin Yar testing ground in the Astrakhan region. The dummy warhead hit its target at a test ground in Kazakhstan, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov told RIA Novosti.
The aim was to test an advanced battle equipment for the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the ministry stated.
Russia informed the United States ahead of the ICBM test - and even before the latest Russian military moves in Crimea - a US official told Reuters. Such prior notification is required under the nuclear arms treaty between the two nations.
Since 2007, Topol has been repeatedly tested in order to allow for the extension of its current service life, which was recently extended to 25 years. Its initial service life was only 10 years.
In 1998, RS-12M Topol became the first Soviet mobile ICBM to be successfully entered into service.
Defense Ministry stressed that Kapustin Yar range is a unique facility for testing battle equipment for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Only it provided the test routes and the polygon measuring complex, which allows testing [of] advanced battle equipment capable of bypassing the anti-missile systems, including those with advanced configuration, the ministry said.
Russia fires intercontinental ballistic missile in scheduled test
Russian RS 12 M Topol (AFP Photo / Dima Korotaev)
Military, Missile defense, Russia, Security
The Russian military has successfully performed a scheduled test launch of the RS-12M Topol intercontinental ballistic missile, the countrys Defense Ministry said.
The launch of the intercontinental three-stage ballistic missile (ICBM) was carried out from Kapustin Yar testing ground in the Astrakhan region. The dummy warhead hit its target at a test ground in Kazakhstan, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov told RIA Novosti.
The aim was to test an advanced battle equipment for the intercontinental ballistic missiles, the ministry stated.
Russia informed the United States ahead of the ICBM test - and even before the latest Russian military moves in Crimea - a US official told Reuters. Such prior notification is required under the nuclear arms treaty between the two nations.
Since 2007, Topol has been repeatedly tested in order to allow for the extension of its current service life, which was recently extended to 25 years. Its initial service life was only 10 years.
In 1998, RS-12M Topol became the first Soviet mobile ICBM to be successfully entered into service.
Defense Ministry stressed that Kapustin Yar range is a unique facility for testing battle equipment for intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Only it provided the test routes and the polygon measuring complex, which allows testing [of] advanced battle equipment capable of bypassing the anti-missile systems, including those with advanced configuration, the ministry said.
Iggo
(47,558 posts)And I refuse to believe that.
It gets pretty obvious, unfortunately. Some misguided, some informed, some perhaps with other reasons.
Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Works every time.
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)KoKo
(84,711 posts)sarisataka
(18,674 posts)since the SS-6 was deployed in 1959. The current estimate is the Russians have 434 land based ICBMs. This technology isn't exactly a game changer...