Russia has large reserve of heavy strategic missiles: Putin

Although Russia and the United States promised to reduce their deployed nuclear arsenals by about two-thirds over a decade under the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT), Putin noted that the document also allows the signatories to keep significant reserves of such missiles.

"Russia is going to make the most of this treaty's provisions,"the president added.

OK, seems to make sence. But this is the part that just makes me go hmmmmmm....

The UR-100NUTTKH strategic missiles, which Putin mentioned, "are some of the most powerful, heavy missiles capable of carrying up to 10 nuclear warheads and defeating sophisticated missile defense systems," said Col. Gen. Yury Baluyevsky, first deputy commander with the Russian General Staff.

english.peopledaily.com.cn...

Thoughts?

Ha Ha, never trust your life to a Russian!

new topol-m icbms are also entering service
they can somehow manuver against missile defences

Originally posted by THENEO
Ha Ha, never trust your life to a Russian!

usa also got nuclear missile reserves neo

[Edited on 3-10-2003 by SectorGaza]

"I sure wish we had one of those doomsday machines"

SG,

no offense man but I trust the US more than Russia. Always have and always will.

NATO assholes better watch out
english.pravda.ru...

MOSCOW (AP): A Defense Ministry document released Thursday emphasizes that Russia will have to make radical changes in its military reform plans -- including its nuclear strategy -- if NATO continues to exist in its present form.

Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia would not rule out a pre-emptive attack anywhere in the world if Russia's interests demand it.

Both men emphasized the importance of Russia's nuclear arsenal as a cornerstone of the country's defense, with Putin announcing plans to pull dozens of SS-19 intercontinental ballistic missiles out of storage.



[Edited on 4-10-2003 by SectorGaza]

Its just that you have to earn a Russian's trust without using money

The US is not much better than Russia.

Just better, but not by much.

Ahhhhh yes........Let's flex the nuclear arm a bit before we let them all go back to rusting and deteriorating again.

More problems.....
Both Russia and the US are very well "clued in" on MAD...be assurd of that. Flexing the nuclear muscle every now and then is good for the "body"......

Posturing gentlemen, posturing....


regards
seekerof

www.dailystar.com.lb...
Worried about American intentions, Moscow woos former Soviet republics and restores military bases on their territories.


NOT GOOD... WE ARE HEADED FOR WWIII.
Read between the lines.......
lookaround.

The oxymoron that is Russias ministry of defense (more like offense, look at all the wars they are fighting now), always shows Russias true intent.

Why do these people bother?

Their system is second rate, the people starving, and most of them want out, yet Russia still dreams of controlling the world.

It never ends, the ambitions of totalitarian regimes.

What human could support such an insane system that they espouse?

Russia has large reserve of heavy strategic missiles: Putin

This is news? I mean seriously, who here didn't know this already raise your hand.

ah dont be raced against Russians!
dont you trust me?
I am Russian!
if Russia has nukes then so deos US.
US just deosnt talk about it.

But why does Russia need nukes?

To protect itself from what?

It's a poor country, who would want to invade it?

Even if the west did invade wouldn't you be better off in the long run?

What is the problem anyways?