Russia Tests New Nuclear Missile

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    Tensions heighten as Russia flexes newfound military muscle.

    Upping the ante in the recent geopolitical brinksmanship over Georgia, Poland, and Ukraine, Russia responded by test-firing its new RS-12M nuclear missile.

    The test, launched from a point near Moscow, struck a target in Kamchatka nearly 4,000 miles away. Russia and independent observers deemed the test a success.

    The RS-12M is an advanced version of the land-based Topol-M. It is a three-stage ICBM with a range of 12,000 km, carries a 550-KT nuclear warhead, and has an unknown number of advanced "stealth" features designed to prevent interception by ABM (anti ballistic missile) defenses. NATO refers to it as the SS-25 Sickle.

    It is road-mobile and launchable with little notice from any point during transit, making it essentially immune to first-strike or counter-strike capabilities. In the 1970s, the US attempted to adopt similar technology with the Midgetman program, but Congress ultimately canceled the initiative.

    Russia says the RS-12 was designed to evade the new US "Star Wars" defense shield. Such claims have not been independently verified, and few DoD analysts have expressed firm opinions one way or another.
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    i personally like Russia because of their anti-Europe/America strategy.What you guys think about this?
     

    jayanthah

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    Bigspin said:
    i personally like Russia because of their anti-Europe/America strategy.What you guys think about this?

    Hmmmmm.......Tht's interesting:confused:

    You live in US yet you hate'em................:shocked:

    My opinion is, a country with fire power is no one's friend, Cold war & nuclear race dont bring about anything good to the world, Nuclear weopans should not be produced either by west or enemies of West
     

    max4uall

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    jayanthah said:
    Hmmmmm.......Tht's interesting:confused:

    You live in US yet you hate'em................:shocked:

    My opinion is, a country with fire power is no one's friend, Cold war & nuclear race dont bring about anything good to the world, Nuclear weopans should not be produced either by west or enemies of West

    I agree with u bro...without conditions....people must make good use of technology..and also they should do something prolific for mankind...u r correct

    :yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes::yes:
     

    Bigspin

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    jayanthah said:
    Hmmmmm.......Tht's interesting:confused:

    You live in US yet you hate'em................:shocked:

    My opinion is, a country with fire power is no one's friend, Cold war & nuclear race dont bring about anything good to the world, Nuclear weopans should not be produced either by west or enemies of West

    I don't like the way how bush control world .Most US people don't like it & they also want second front for this