Russia's intercontinental ballistic missile takes off from Plesetsk launching pad, May 29, 2007. (Str/Reuters)From Yahoo News/AP:
MOSCOW – The Russian military will upgrade its missiles in response to U.S. plans for weapons in space, a top Russian general reportedly said Monday.
Interfax news agency quoted Russia's Strategic Missile Forces chief, Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov, as saying that Russia's intercontinental ballistic missiles will be modernized to protect them from space-based components of the U.S. missile defense system.
The upgrade will make the missiles' warheads capable of flying "outside the range" of the space-based system, Solovtsov was quoted as saying.
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My Comment: The Russians are modernizing their nuclear forces. The Chinese are modernizing their nuclear forces. The Europeans are modernizing their nuclear forces. The Americans do NOT want to modernize their nuclear forces.
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