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Originally posted by psteel
SHadowXIX [Power Balance]: Those periods of history with aggressive powers like Greece Rome mongolians etc...You do realise all these regimes built there power on slaughter and slavery ...these are periods of imbalance, not balance.
[edit on 20-11-2004 by psteel]
Originally posted by Laxpla
If the nuke flys into orbit in a half parabla path, and manuveres wildy making the end phase untouched. the ABL will be able to get its boost-phase. If tentions rise, dont you think a couple of ABL will be over the area to guard?
Originally posted by titus
Originally posted by Laxpla
If the nuke flys into orbit in a half parabla path, and manuveres wildy making the end phase untouched. the ABL will be able to get its boost-phase. If tentions rise, dont you think a couple of ABL will be over the area to guard?
well... in service since 1988 - RS-12M, Topol has 3 minute boost phase
there are both land, sea and mobile Topol versions
is that enough time for successfull interseption?
Russia has successfully tested a modernized anti-ballistic missile system, Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told President Vladimir Putin on Monday, according to the Interfax news agency.
Ivanov told Putin that his ministry would "further perfect and modernize the anti-ballistic missile system," the news agency reported.
He said the anti-ballistic missile had passed its test on Monday morning at the Sary-Shagaz testing range in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan.
Ivanov said earlier that Russia would test-fire a mobile version of the new Topol-M missile before the year's end and would commission it next year.
Topol-Ms have a range of about 6,000 miles and reportedly can maneuver in ways that are difficult to detect. The missile, which can intercept and destroy other missiles, has been deployed in silos since 1998..
Originally posted by Lider
Topol has 3 minute boost phase
What time is Topol M Boost phase ???