Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Russia Test-Fires ICBM

Via Cousin John

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Putin puts down the phone with Obama as they discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russia then test-fires an intercontinental ballistic missile.
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said it had successfully test-fired an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Tuesday, with tensions high over its seizure of control in the Crimea and its threat to send more forces to its neighbor Ukraine.

The Strategic Rocket Forces launched an RS-12M Topol missile from the southerly Astrakhan region and the dummy warhead hit its target at a proving ground in Kazakhstan, Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Yegorov told state-run news agency RIA.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2014 at 6:56 PM

    And our 3,500 nukes are aimed right back. Does Putin have the scruples of his predecessors?

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