SCI/TECH: Russia succesfully tests missile defence system

And the race is on again.This is news that has just been released and comes after the failed missiles tests earlier in the month designed to give a boost to russian morale. Could this be an indicator of change in the world's weapons arena with a swing back to the east?

Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic anti-Star Wars weapon capable of penetrating any prospective missile shield, a senior general said Thursday.

The prototype weapon proved it could maneuver so quickly as to make "any missile defense useless,'' Col.-Gen. Yuri Baluyevsky, the first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian armed forces, told a news conference.

Source: www.ajc.com...



[Edited on 19-2-2004 by Nerdling]