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| New Russian Cruise Missiles Can Be Used Against Terrorists â Putin |
| 2005-08-18 |
| Russian president Vladimir Putin has not ruled a possibility to use high precision weapons against terrorists. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, a day after Russia had tested new cruise missiles, Putin said he did not rule out that those weapons could be used for the fight against terrorism, RIA-Novosti news agency reported. Putin said he was satisfied with the test launches of the new missiles. âWe had no such arms before, and now it appears,â he said. On Tuesday, Russian leader attended the test launches of four new cruise missiles being onboard a Tu-160 strategic bomber. âPrevious launches and launches during (the last) trainings have shown a high combat readiness,â the Russian president said. Putin added the new missiles had no nuclear warhead. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed that the new missiles were the weapons that could be used against terrorists. The Tuesday launches have finished the missile tests started in 2004, the minister added. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #8 Joseph, Excellent job. You don't have to use CAPS LOCK, I will more than glad to read your post. Now, work on using paragraphs, it'll be easier on everyone's eyes. |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-18 22:57 |
| #7 China's population is taxing their national resources/endowments, and nothing the CCP has done has been successful. Large parts of China already suffer from desertification, with many reports of prtracted drought and starvation. Increasing popular unrests was part of the reason the CCP reorg country/provincial govts. into smaller, subdivided, tightly militarized sectors. WHatever modernity China hopes to achieve with its "special trade zones", the CCP and Chinese-specific Comunist Socialism, short of war, will be heavily dependent on foreign investment and capital transfers for many decades to come. Communist China, like the USSR before it, is a "great/world power" only because it has nukes, NOT because its traditions or methodisms permeate the world. Russia job in any US-China conflict is to arm all and every side, and contain or keep the US-NATO out of Communist Asia. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2005-08-18 22:21 |
| #6 "New Russian Cruise Missiles Can Be Used Against Terrorists â Putin" As soon as the Russians do this, Fallujah needs to wiped off the map. Oh yea, and the nuclear installations in Iran. Although, I wonder what Amnesty International have in store for Putin, for making this statement. Let me guess.....Nothing!!! |
| Posted by: Poison Reverse 2005-08-18 22:01 |
| #5 soon they'll invent the DeLorean, then...time travel |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-18 19:51 |
| #4 We had no such arms before, Hey Putty, congratulations. Welcome to 1981. http://www.zianet.com/jpage/airforce/weapons/air/b-52.html Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2005-08-18 19:02 |
| #3 Rosemary, this is our punishment for messing up the Ukraine election for Putin's puppet. He was trying to put the CCCP back together and we scuttled it, at least for a while. Then we helped Georgia shake loose of Moscow, and now Putin, not Russia, but Putin is looking east for friends as he solidifies power in Russia. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2005-08-18 13:59 |
| #2 Here's an idea: Boeing or some other outfit should make cruise missiles whose main components are unmarked (down to assembly level only). Those can be used against known targets in terrorist-infested areas when needed and can give the US deniability. "How do you know it was us? Coulda been the Russkies, you know...." |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-18 10:22 |
| #1 China was invited, while the USA was not. I do not like this. They are together in this build up. China is about to attack Taiwan. They've just about said so. I have to go to my sources, though, to find out the situation there. (Not very good sources, but hey, better than nothing, right? lol) PS. I still do not trust Russia. The Cold War is NOT over. It just may have turned hot. |
| Posted by: Rosemary 2005-08-18 10:14 |