Putin Lashes Out Over Military Failures

[rodbarnett]

MOSCOW -- President Vladimir Putin used stern language Monday to urge his military to correct flaws that plagued last month's exercises and marred his efforts to showcase Russia's might.

The ambitious maneuvers of Russian strategic forces, which were attended by Putin and described as the largest in more than 20 years, were set back by failed missile launches from nuclear submarines on two consecutive days.

Without mentioning any details in brief televised comments, Putin urged the military to thoroughly investigate the "shortcomings" and make sure they don't happen again.

Speaking at the start of a meeting with government officials, Putin also said he would like to personally see proof that the flaws have been fixed -- an apparent indication that he wants to watch repeat missile launches

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-russia-military-exercises,0,5173243.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines

[tom_paine]

1. Keep an eye on Russia, they're usign the Bushevik Playbook over there

(but they do not have the culture and traditions to evene resist, so that where Russia is now, Imperial Amerika will likely be in 10 years...)