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| Putin tests Russia's nuclear arsenal |
| 2014-05-12 |
| Russian President Vladimir Putin has overseen test launches of the country's most powerful rockets. Putin reportedly said the exercises simulated a retaliatory nuclear strike. It comes after Britain said it had deployed a destroyer to track a Russian aircraft carrier sailing close to its coastal waters. "Today, as part of the planned events, we will activate all the different armed forces of the Russian Federation, over all of the territory of Russia," explained Putin, adding, "Including the nuclear forces." The president also attended a ceremony in Moscow honouring those who lost their lives during World War II. Next month, Putin will meet Western leaders for the first time since the Ukraine crisis started. |
| Posted by:Au Auric |
| #5 OTOH see BIGNEWSNETWORK > [Forbes] UKRAINE DILEMMA: US CAN'T PREVENT RUSSIAN EXPANSION WIDOUT BETTER MISSLE DEFENSES. Despite clear US superiority, Russia's Putin-led rapidly modernizing nuclear force is more than capable of unilater destroying the USA, allowing Putin to all but ignore any demands of the US-NATO/EU vee the on-going Ukraine Crisis. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-05-12 22:45 |
| #4 Obama want's to divert attention AWAY from himself, Russia is handy, don't be a fool and don't fall for it. HEY LOOK SQUIRREL. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-05-12 17:21 |
| #3 US starts countrywide nuclear drill after similar war games in Russia |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2014-05-12 13:12 |
| #2 This was something I was advocating Obumble do a while back if he had any brains or balls. "US seeks to ease tensions with North Korea by postponing missile test" |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2014-05-12 03:44 |
| #1 This was something I was advocating Obumble do a while back if he had any brains or balls. Apparently he has neither. Putin does. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-05-12 02:01 |