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borgslayer
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 Mon Nov 29, 2004 3:25 pm Moscow tests new missile system |
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| Quote: | MOSCOW, Russia (AP) -- Russia on Monday successfully tested a modernized anti-ballistic missile system, the military said, in what an analyst called a sign that the country was trying to answer the United States' withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.
The test-firing of the missile, which can intercept and destroy other missiles, was aimed at certifying it for further use, said a Space Troops spokesman who declined to give his name.
He said the missile's technical performance was flawless during the launch that took place at 11 a.m. Moscow time (0800 GMT) at the Sary-Shagan testing range in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
The Interfax news agency said Monday that the missile was an A-135, which the Russian military has been armed with since the early 1950s.
Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov reported to President Vladimir Putin about the successful test, according to the Interfax news agency.
"The missile accurately hit the training target," the agency quoted Ivanov as saying.
Ivanov told Putin that his ministry would "further perfect and modernize the anti-ballistic missile system," Interfax reported.
Russia reacted calmly when Washington withdrew from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002 in order to develop a nationwide missile shield. But Moscow has since complained about Washington's plans to build new low-yield nuclear weapons.
Last month, Putin said Russia was developing a new nuclear missile system unlike any weapon held by other nuclear powers.
In the past year, Russian defense officials have also made several announcements about new weapons.
Alexander Pikayev, a senior analyst with Moscow's Institute for Global Economy and International Relations, said Monday's test signaled that Russia had stepped up work on its anti-missile defense system program in response to the Unites State's unilateral withdrawal from the ABM treaty.
He said that over the past 10 years, Russia had tested its anti-ballistic missiles "extremely rarely."
Earlier this year, Russia announced plans to test-fire a mobile version of the new Topol-M missile before the year's end and commission it in 2005.
Topol-Ms have a range of about 6,000 miles (9,650 kilometers) and reportedly can maneuver in ways that are difficult to detect. The missile has been deployed in silos since 1998. |
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/11/29/russia.missile.ap/index.html
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Republican_Man2
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| Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:55 pm |
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Uh-oh.
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Hitchhiker
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| Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:14 pm |
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Meh, I'm always highly skeptical of plans that involve using supposedly "faster" missiles to shoot down incoming missiles. . . .
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Alucard
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| Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:23 pm |
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luckily Canada hasn't pissed off Russia
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Jeremy
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| Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:06 pm |
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| Hitchhiker wrote: | | Meh, I'm always highly skeptical of plans that involve using supposedly "faster" missiles to shoot down incoming missiles. . . . |
Could happen but I'm more worried about the things that they aren't talking about, the ones that are much better and secretive so they won't give information on it.
So it seems like it's a laser satalite system against a anti-missile missle system if a war starts, doubt it though at the moment.
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| Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:14 pm |
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Looks like the US may be experiencing more tension with Russia in the future...
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